Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
In Context
2Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.
Cross References
Matthew 15:10And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.
Mark 12:38And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes, and to be saluted in the marketplace,
Luke 12:57And why even of yourselves, do you not judge that which 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 →