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Matthew 23:2

1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

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

4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
KJV
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
WEB
saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
ASV
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:
DARBY
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:
BLB
saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat down on Moses’ seat.
ÅB
«De skriftlærte og fariseerne sitter på Moses' stol.
OTB
og sa: «De skriftlærde og fariseerne har satt seg i Moses’ stol.
B1930
På Mose stol sitter de skriftlærde og fariseerne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 20:46

    Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

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  • Mark 12:38

    And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

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  • Malachi 2:7

    For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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  • Ezra 7:6

    This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

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  • Ezra 7:25

    And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

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  • Nehemiah 8:4–8

    And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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