What does Matthew 23:2-6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
Saying,The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
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.#rl
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries,a and enlarge the borders of their garments,
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,