Orthodox Jewish Bible

Mattityahu 23:4-8 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

4. And they tie up heavy [extra-Biblical, Mt 4:4; 15:3,6-9; 22:29] loads, hard to bear, and they place them upon the shoulders of men, but they, with so much as a finger, are not willing to lift the oppressive burdens.

5. And all their maasim hamitzvot (works of the commandments) they do in order to be seen by Bnei Adam, for they broaden their tefillin and lengthen their tzitziyot

6. and they love the places of honor at the seudot (banquet dinners), and the shuls,

7. And the [obsequious] Birkat Shalom greetings in the market places, and to be called by Bnei Adam, Rebbe.

8. But you are not to have pretentious titles like Rebbe, for One is your Rebbe [Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach], and all of you are Achim b'Moshiach.