Matthew 23:5
They do all their deeds to be seen by people. For they make their phylacteries wide, and they enlarge the edges of their garments.
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6They love the chief places at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32On the seventh day the priest will examine the disease to see if it has spread. If there is no yellow hair, and if the disease appears to be only skin deep,
Deuteronomy 6:8You will tie them as a sign upon your hand, and they will serve as frontlets between your eyes.
Deuteronomy 22:12You must make yourself fringes on the four corners of the cloak with which you clothe yourself.
Proverbs 3:3Do not let covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness ever leave you, 1 tie them together about your neck, 1 write them on the tablet of your heart. 1
Matthew 6:1Take heed that you do not do your acts of righteousness before people to be seen by them, or else you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Luke 16:15He said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. That which is exalted among men is detestable in the sight of 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 →