23:1 - Jesus talked to his adherents and the assembled crowd
23:2 - Saying the scribes and the Pharisees are sitting where Moses would sit:
23:3 - You should all do what ever they tell you to do, but do not do what they do because they say and do not act.
23:4 - For they cause heavy, painful burdens to be borne by others, but will not lift a finger to help them.
23:5 - But all the things they do are to enhance their reputation among men; they widen their phylacteries, and embellish the borders of their robes.
23:6 - Extend your love to the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues
23:7 - To be greeted in the markets and called Rabbi, Rabbi.
23:8 - You are not called Rabbi; you have only one higher power, even Christ, and the rest of you are brothers.
23:9 - Don’t call any man your father on the earth: your Father is in heaven.
23:10 - And you will not be called masters. Only Christ is your Master.