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Matthew 23

¹Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples, ²"The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses's seat. ³So be careful to do everything they tell you, but don't do what they do, because they speak, but they do not act. ⁴And they bind heavy, hard to carry burdens, and place them on peoples' shoulders, but they don't want to lift a finger to help carry them. ⁵They do their deeds so people can see them. They make their phylacteries large, and the fringes on the garments wide, ⁶and they love the best places at feasts, and the best seats in the synagogues ⁷and to be greeted in the marketplace and for people to call them 'Rabbi.' ⁸But you will not be called 'Rabbi.' For you have one teacher, and all of you are brethren. ⁹And you will not be called 'Father' on earth, for you have one heavenly father. ¹⁰Neither will you be called teacher, because you have one teacher, the Messiah! ¹¹But the greatest person among you will be your servant. ¹²Whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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