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They[a] love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues[b] and elaborate greetings[c] in the marketplaces,[d] and to have people call them ‘Rabbi.’ But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:6 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
  2. Matthew 23:6 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
  3. Matthew 23:7 sn There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.
  4. Matthew 23:7 sn See the note on marketplaces in Matt 11:16.