Matthew 23:5
'And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32'And the priest hath seen the plague on the seventh day, and lo, the scall hath not spread, and a shining hair hath not been in it, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin,
Deuteronomy 6:8and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,
Deuteronomy 22:12'Fringes thou dost make to thee on the four skirts of thy covering with which thou dost cover [thyself].
Proverbs 3:3Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
Matthew 6:1'Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not — reward ye have not from your Father who [is] in the heavens;
Luke 16:15and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] abomination before 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 →