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Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees

1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples,
2 saying: a“The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.  
3 Therefore whatever they tell you1 to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for athey say, and do not do.  
4 aFor 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.  
5 But all their works they do to abe seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.  
6 aThey love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,  
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Matthew 23:2

Matthew 23:2 The scribes and the Pharisees. Associated because almost all the scribes were of the sect of Pharisees. The scribes, the Jewish scholars, the theologians and lawyers, would naturally be of the religious sect. Sit in the Moses' seat. Are the expounders of the law of Moses.




Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Matthew 23:2:

Matthew 23:2
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Romans 12:3

 

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