and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 23:6 in context
Matthew 23:3–9
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All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
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For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
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But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
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and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
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Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
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