1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples,
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“The legal experts and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.
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Therefore, you must take care to do everything they say. But don't do what they do.
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For they tie together heavy packs that are impossible to carry. They put them on the shoulders of others, but are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.
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Everything they do, they do to be noticed by others. They make extra-wide prayer bands for their arms and long tassels for their clothes.
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They love to sit in places of honor at banquets.
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They love to be greeted with honor in the markets and to be addressed as ‘Rabbi.'