5. “The reason they do good things is so other people will see them. They make the boxes of Scriptures that they wear bigger and bigger. And they make their special prayer clothes very long so that people will notice them.
6. Those Pharisees and teachers of the law love to have the most important seats at the feasts. And they love to have the most important seats in the synagogues.
7. They love people to show respect to them in the marketplaces. And they love to have people call them ‘Teacher.’
8. “But you must not be called ‘Teacher.’ You are all brothers and sisters together. You have only one Teacher.
9. And don’t call any person on earth ‘Father.’ You have one Father. He is in heaven.
10. And you should not be called ‘Master.’ You have only one Master, the Christ.
11. He who serves you as a servant is the greatest among you.
12. Whoever makes himself great will be made humble. Whoever makes himself humble will be made great.