Matthew 23:2-5

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 phylacteries^[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long;

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 7:6,25; Nehemiah 8:4
• 2. Luke 11:46; Acts 15:10; Galatians 6:13
• 3. Mt 6:1,2,5,16
• 4. Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 6:8
• 5. Numbers 15:38; Deuteronomy 22:12

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm