English Revised Version

Matthew 23:1-6 English Revised Version (ERV)

1. Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,

2. saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat:

3. all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

4. Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

5. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

6. and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,