Matthew 23:2-7

2“The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.

3So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.

4They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.

5“Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.

6And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues.

7They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’