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Matthew 23

Jesus Criticizes the Religious Leaders

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,

“The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.a

saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.

Therefore whatever they tell you [a]to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.

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.

“Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.b

But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.

And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues.

They love the [b]best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’c

greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’

“Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.d

But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your [c]Teacher, [d]the Christ, and you are all brethren.

And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your Father.

Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.

And don’t let anyone call you ‘Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah.

And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.

The greatest among you must be a servant.

But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

And whoever exalts himself will be [e]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be [f]exalted.

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.e

“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.

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