Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes, and to his disciples,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
In Context
2saying: The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat:
Cross References
Matthew 15:10And he called the multitude to him, and said to them: Hear and understand;
Mark 12:38And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in robes, and love salutations in the markets,
Luke 12:57And why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:1
In the foregoing chapter, we had our Saviour's discourses with the scribes and Pharisees; here we have his discourse concerning them, or rather against them. I. He allows their office, ver. 2, 3 . II. He warns his disciples not to imitate their hypocrisy and pride, ver. 4-12 . III. He exhibits a charge against them for divers high crimes and misdemeanors, corrupting the law, opposing the gospel, and treacherous dealing both with God and man; and to each article he prefixes a woe, ver. 13-33 . IV. He passes… Read the whole commentary →