Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus conversed with the multitude and with his disciples,
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
In Context
2and said to them: The Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
Cross References
Matthew 15:10And he called the multitudes, and said to them, Hear and understand.
Mark 12:38And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the Scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and love the salutation in the streets,
Luke 12:57And why do ye not, of yourselves, judge correctly?
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 →