Matthew 23:5
And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders [of their garments],
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32And when the priest looketh on the sore on the seventh day, and behold, the scall hath not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the scall doth not look deeper than the skin,
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Deuteronomy 22:12Tassels shalt thou make thee on the four corners of thy clothing, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
Proverbs 3:3Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Matthew 6:1Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.
Luke 16:15And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before 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 →