Matthew 23:5
And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
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In Context
6they also cherish the first couches at the banquets, and the first seats in the synagogues,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32And the priest has seen the plague on the seventh day, and behold, the scale has not spread, and a shining hair has not been in it, and the appearance of the scale is not deeper than the skin,
Deuteronomy 6:8and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes,
Deuteronomy 22:12You make fringes for yourself on the four skirts of your covering with which you cover [yourself].
Proverbs 3:3Do not let kindness and truth forsake you, || Bind them on your neck, || Write them on the tablet of your heart,
Matthew 6:1“Take heed not to do your kindness before men, to be seen by them, and if not—you have no reward from your Father who [is] in the heavens;
Luke 16:15and He said to them, “You are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God knows your hearts; because that which is high among men [is] 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 →