Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spake to the people, and to his disciples,
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
In Context
2and said, On the chair of Moses, scribes and Pharisees have sat.
Cross References
Matthew 15:10And when the people were called together to him, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand ye.
Mark 12:38And he said to them in his teaching, Be ye ware of (the) scribes, that will wander [or that will go] (about) in stoles, and be saluted in [the] chapping (or and be respectfully greeted at the market),
Luke 12:57But what and of yourselves ye deem not that that is just? [Forsooth why and of yourselves deem ye not this thing that is just?] (But why can ye not judge for yourselves what is the right thing to do?)
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 →