Matthew 23:5
But all their works they do in order to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
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6And love the uppermost rooms 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 scab spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scab be not in sight deeper than the skin;
Deuteronomy 6:8And you shall bind them for a sign upon yours hand, and they shall be as frontlets between yours eyes.
Deuteronomy 22:12You shall make you fringes upon the four quarters of your vesture, wherewith you cover yourself.
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them upon the table of yours heart:
Matthew 6:1Take heed that all of you do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise all of you have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Luke 16:15And he said unto them, All of you are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is 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 →