Matthew 23
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Matthew 23:5-12

5“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;

6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

7they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

8“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.

11The greatest among you will be your servant.

12For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

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