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A Warning Against Hypocrisy
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples,
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples,
“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.
they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’
“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.
And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.
The greatest among you will be your servant.
But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.