Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Matthew 23:1 (KJV) Context Matthew 23 opens a chapter in which Jesus delivers strong rebukes and warnings to the scribes…

Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: Matthew 23:2 (KJV) Context This verse opens the “Seven Woes,” a larger discourse in which Jesus rebukes the religious leaders…

For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. Matthew 23:4…

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, Matthew 23:5 (KJV) Context Matthew 23…

And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, Matthew 23:6 (KJV) Context In Matthew 23, Jesus addresses the crowds and his disciples about the…

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Matthew 23:9 (KJV) Context This verse belongs to a larger passage often…

Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. Matthew 23:10 (KJV) Context Matthew 23 records Jesus’ strong rebuke of the scribes and Pharisees. He exposes their…

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are…

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a…

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? Matthew 23:17 (KJV) Context Matthew 23 records a series of woes Jesus pronounced…