1. Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
2. saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses.
3. Therefore do and observe everything that they tell you, but do not do as they do, for they tell others to do something and do not do it themselves.
4. And they tie up heavy burdens and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing with their finger to move them.
5. And they do all their deeds in order to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries broad and make their tassels long.
6. And they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
7. and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people.
8. But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,
9. And do not call anyone your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.
10. And do not be called teachers, because one is your teacher, the Christ.
11. And the greatest among you will be your servant.
12. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13. “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees—hypocrites!—because you shut the kingdom of heaven before people! For you do not enter, nor permit those wanting to go in to enter.
15. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees—hypocrites!—because you travel around the sea and the dry land to make one convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are!
16. “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing! But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by his oath.’