Matthew 23:2

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

Saying {G3004}, The scribes {G1122} and {G2532} the Pharisees {G5330} sit {G2523} in {G1909} Moses {G3475}' seat {G2515}:

"The Torah-teachers and the P'rushim," he said, "sit in the seat of Moshe.

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:

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Cross-References

  • Luke 20:46 (8 votes)

    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;

  • Mark 12:38 (6 votes)

    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,

  • Malachi 2:7 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Ezra 7:25 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Ezra 7:6 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Nehemiah 8:4 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Nehemiah 8:8 (2 votes)

    So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.