Matthew 23:1-6

1 Then Jesus addressed the crowds and His disciples.

2 "The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.

3 Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves.

4 Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them

5 And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,

6 and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues,