Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:
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Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:
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Matthew 23:2
The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
Matthew 23:4
They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.
Matthew 23:13
But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
Matthew 23:16
A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.
Matthew 23:23
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.
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Matthew 23:8
But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
Matthew 23:9
And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
Matthew 23:10
And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
Matthew 23:11
But let the greatest among you be your servant.
Matthew 23:12
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
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Matthew 23:5
But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
Matthew 23:6
And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,
Matthew 23:7
And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
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