Matthew 23:5
And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32And on the seventh day he shall look upon it. If the spot be not grown, and the hair keep its colour, and the place of the blemish be even with the other flesh:
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.
Deuteronomy 22:12Thou shalt make strings in the hem at the four corners of thy cloak, wherewith thou shalt be covered.
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:
Matthew 6:1Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.
Luke 16:15And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, 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 →