Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practice what they teach.(A) They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry[a] and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.(B) They do everything[b] to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries(C) and lengthen their tassels.[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:4 Other mss omit that are hard to carry
  2. 23:5 Lit do all their works
  3. 23:5 Other mss add on their robes

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