Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds, and to his disciples,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
In Context
2saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in the chair of Moses.
Cross References
Matthew 15:10And having called the multitudes to him, he said to them: “Listen and understand.
Mark 12:38And he said to them in his doctrine: “Beware of the scribes, who prefer to walk in long robes and to be greeted in the marketplace,
Luke 12:57And why do you not, even among yourselves, judge what is just?
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 →