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Matthew 23:5-15
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And they do all their deeds in order to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries broad and make their tassels long.
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And they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
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and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by people.
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But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
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And do not call [anyone] your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.
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And do not be called teachers, because one is your teacher, the Christ.
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And the greatest among you will be your servant.
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And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you shut the kingdom of heaven before people! For you do not enter, nor permit those wanting to go in to enter.
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"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you travel around the sea and the dry [land] to make one convert, and when he becomes [one], you make him twice as much a son of hell [as] you [are]!
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- [a]. Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- [c]. *Here the present tense has been translated as voluntative ("wanting to go in")
- [d]. The most important Greek manuscripts omit v. 14, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you devour widows' houses and for show you pray long prayers! Therefore you will receive the greater condemnation."
- [e]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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