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Text -- Matthew 23:1-13 (NET)
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Seven Woes
23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples ,
23:2 “The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses ’ seat .
23:3 Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do , for they do not practice what they teach .
23:4 They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry , and put them on men’s shoulders , but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them .
23:5 They do all their deeds to be seen by people , for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long .
23:6 They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
23:7 and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces , and to have people call them ‘Rabbi .’
23:8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi ,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers .
23:9 And call no one your ‘father ’ on earth , for you have one Father , who is in heaven .
23:10 Nor are you to be called ‘teacher ,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ .
23:11 The greatest among you will be your servant .
23:12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled , and whoever humbles himself will be exalted .
23:13 “But woe to you , experts in the law and you Pharisees , hypocrites ! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven ! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
SCRIBES |
Pharisees |
Jesus, The Christ |
ETHICS OF JESUS |
APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, 1 |
THESSALONIANS, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Reproof |
TEMPLE, A2 |
Teachers |
Hypocrisy |
Satire |
Church |
LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Rabbi |
Minister |
Call |
Ecclesiasticism |
Pride |
PETER, SIMON |
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NET Notes: Mat 23:5 Tassels refer to the tassels that a male Israelite was obligated to wear on the four corners of his outer garment according to the Mosaic law (Num 15:...
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NET Notes: Mat 23:7 There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.
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