Matthew 23:5
But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the hems of their garments.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6And they love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the disease, and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin,
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shall bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Deuteronomy 22:12Thou shall make for thee fringes upon the four borders of thy clothing, with which thou cover thyself.
Proverbs 3:3Let not kindness and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart,
Matthew 6:1Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
Luke 16:15And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →