Matthew 23:5-15

5 Everything they do is done to be seen by others; for they make their t'fillin broad and their tzitziyot long,
6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,
7 and they love being greeted deferentially in the marketplaces and being called `Rabbi.'
8 "But you are not to let yourselves be called `Rabbi'; because you have one Rabbi, and you are all each other's brothers.
9 And do not call anyone on earth `Father.' because you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
10 Nor are you to let yourselves be called `leaders,' because you have one Leader, and he is the Messiah!
11 The greatest among you must be your servant,
12 for whoever promotes himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be promoted.
13 "But woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! For you are shutting the Kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither entering yourselves nor allowing those who wish to enter to do so.
14 Some manuscripts include verse 14: Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! For you swallow up widow's houses while making a show of davvening at great length. Because of this your punishment will be all the worse
15 "Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! You go about over land and sea to make one proselyte; and when you succeed, you make him twice as fit for Gei-Hinnom as you are!

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