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Matthew 23:1-3
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Matthew 23:1-3
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A Warning Against Hypocrisy
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Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
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“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
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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.
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Matthew 23:1-3 In-Context
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Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
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“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
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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.
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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.
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“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacterieswide and the tassels on their garments long;
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they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
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they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
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Ezra 7:6,25
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Nehemiah 8:4
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