40:023:004 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous
to be borne, and lay
them
on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will
not move
them
with one of their fingers.
40:023:005 But all their works they do for to be seen
of men: they make
broad
their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
garments,
40:023:006 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts,
and the chief seats in
the
synagogues,
40:023:007 And greetings in the markets, and to be
called of men, Rabbi,
Rabbi.
40:023:008 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one
is your Master, even
Christ;
and all ye are brethren.
40:023:009 And call no man your father upon the earth:
for one is your
Father,
which is in heaven.
40:023:010 Neither be ye called masters: for
one is your Master, even
Christ.
40:023:011 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
40:023:012 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall
be abased; and he that
shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
40:023:013 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye
shut
up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither
go
in
yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering
to go
in.
40:023:014 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye devour
widows’
houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore
ye
shall receive the greater damnation.
40:023:015 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye
compass
sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is
made,
ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves.
40:023:016 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say,
Whosoever shall
swear
by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear
by
the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
40:023:017 Ye fools and blind: for whether is
greater, the gold, or the
temple
that sanctifieth the gold?
40:023:018 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar,
it is nothing; but
whosoever
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
40:023:019 Ye fools and blind: for whether is
greater, the gift, or the
altar
that sanctifieth the gift?
40:023:020 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar,
sweareth by it, and
by
all things thereon.
40:023:021 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth
by it, and by
him
that dwelleth therein.
40:023:022 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth
by the throne of
God,
and by him that sitteth thereon.
40:023:023 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye pay
tithe
of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the
weightier
matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
these
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone.


