Jesus Condemns the Leaders' Hypocrisy

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Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

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Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.

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All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not. For they say, and do not.

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For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens and lay them on men's shoulders: but with a finger of their own they will not move them.

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And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad and enlarge their fringes.

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And they love the first places at feasts and the first chairs in the synagogues,

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And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

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But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master: and all you are brethren.

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And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.

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Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, Christ.

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He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.

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And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.