Parallel Bible results for "Matthew 23:1-12"

Matthew 23:1-12

Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA

1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples,

2 “The legal experts and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.

3 Therefore, you must take care to do everything they say. But don't do what they do.

4 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. #rl

5 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.

6 They love to sit in places of honor at banquets.

7 They love to be greeted with honor in the markets and to be addressed as ‘Rabbi.'

8 “But you shouldn't be called Rabbi, because you have one teacher, and all of you are brothers and sisters.

9 Don't call anybody on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is heavenly.

10 Don't be called teacher, because Christ is your one teacher.

11 But the one who is greatest among you will be your servant.

12 All who lift themselves up will be brought low. But all who make themselves low will be lifted up.

New International Version NIV

1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacterieswide and the tassels on their garments long;

6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.

11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.