Matthew 23:5
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
6and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin,
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Deuteronomy 22:12Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father which is in heaven.
Luke 16:15And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination 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 →