^{3 Ref} All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.

^{4 Ref} For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

^{5 Ref} But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

^{6 Ref} and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

^{7 Ref} the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.

^{8 Ref} But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

^{9 Ref} Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

¹⁰ Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.

^{11 Ref} But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

^{12 Ref} Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

^{13 Ref} "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

¹⁴ "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.{Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13.}

^{15 Ref} Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

^{16 Ref} "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

^{17 Ref} You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

¹⁸ 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.'

^{19 Ref} You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

^{21 Ref} He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

^{22 Ref} He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

^{23 Ref} "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

^{24 Ref} You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

^{25 Ref} "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.{TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of "unrighteousness"}

^{26 Ref} You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.

^{27 Ref} "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

^{28 Ref} Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.