Matthew 23:5 - Revised Version 1885

⁵ But all their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ They do all their works to be seen of men; for they make wide their phylacteries (small cases enclosing certain Scripture passages, worn during prayer on the left arm and forehead) and make long their fringes [worn by all male Israelites, according to the command]. [Exod. 13:9; Num. 15:38; Deut. 6:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Common English Bible

⁵ Everything they do, they do to be noticed by others. They make extra-wide prayer bands for their arms and long tassels for their clothes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.

Matthew 23:5 Cross References

2 Kings 10:16

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

Exodus 13:9

And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

Proverbs 3:3

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the table of thine heart:

Leviticus 13:32

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin,

Matthew 9:20

And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:

Luke 16:15

And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 20:47

which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

John 12:43

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

John 5:44

How can ye believe, which receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

John 7:18

He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Deuteronomy 11:18

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Deuteronomy 22:12

Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

Deuteronomy 6:8

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Philippians 1:15

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

Philippians 2:3

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

2 Thessalonians 2:4

he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.