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Matthew 23:2
The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
Matthew 23:2 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 23:2 in other translations
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
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In context
1 Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:
2 The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
3 All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.
4 They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.
5 But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
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