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Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You should not be called Master, because you have but one master, the Messiah.

Let the greatest among you be the servant of all.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.