Matthew 23:1
Then Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach spoke to the multitudes and to his Talmidim,
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
In Context
2Saying, Upon the Kisei Moshe (Chair of Moses) sit the Sofrim and the Perushim.
Cross References
Matthew 15:10And having summoned the multitude, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Listen and understand!
Mark 12:38And in his torah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying, Beware of the Sofrim (Scribes, Torah teachers, rabbonim), the ones enamored of strutting about in extremely long kaftans and with equally lengthy Birkat Shalom greetings in the marketplaces,
Luke 12:57And why also for yourselves do you not judge what is yashar (straight, right)?
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 →