Matthew 23

¹ Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,

² saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:

³ all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

⁴ Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

⁵ But all their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

⁶ and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

⁷ and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

⁹ And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

¹⁰ Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ.

¹¹ But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

¹³ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.