Bible Verses

Neither should you call anyone on earth Father, because you have only one Father—he who is in heaven.

But you, do not let yourselves be called Master, because you have only one Master, and all of you are brothers and sisters.

and they love being greeted in the marketplace and called ‘Master’ by others.

They enjoy the front seats at banquets and the best spots in the synagogues,

They do everything to be noticed by others: wearing large bands of the law around their foreheads and robes with oversized tassels.

They burden people with heavy loads and load them onto their shoulders, but they themselves won’t lift a finger to move them.

So, you should do and follow everything they say; but do not imitate their actions, for they do not do what they preach.

“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.

Invective Against the Scribes and Pharisees Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

No one responded to him, not even with a word. From that day forward, no one dared to question him again.