{"id":19053,"date":"2026-10-10T19:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=19053"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:30:14","slug":"matthew-chapter-23-a-warning-against-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=19053","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 23 A Warning Against Hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span id=\"en-NIV-23920\" class=\"text Matt-23-1\">A Warning Against Hypocrisy<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"chapter-2\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span class=\"text Matt-23-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">23<\/span>Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23921\" class=\"text Matt-23-2\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2<\/sup>The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23922\" class=\"text Matt-23-3\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3<\/sup>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.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23923\" class=\"text Matt-23-4\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4<\/sup>They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other peoples shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-23924\" class=\"text Matt-23-5\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5<\/sup>Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacterieswide and the tassels on their garments long;<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23925\" class=\"text Matt-23-6\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6<\/sup>they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23926\" class=\"text Matt-23-7\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7<\/sup>they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called Rabbi by others.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-23927\" class=\"text Matt-23-8\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8<\/sup>But you are not to be called Rabbi, for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23928\" class=\"text Matt-23-9\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9<\/sup>And do not call anyone on earth father, for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23929\" class=\"text Matt-23-10\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10<\/sup>Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23930\" class=\"text Matt-23-11\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11<\/sup>The greatest among you will be your servant.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23931\" class=\"text Matt-23-12\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12<\/sup>For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Warning Against Hypocrisy 23Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat. 3So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. 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