Matthew 23:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses' seat [of authority].

American Standard Version (1901)

² saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:

Common English Bible

² “The legal experts and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in the chair of Moses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.

Matthew 23:2 Cross References

Ezra 7:25

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thine hand, appoint 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 him that knoweth them not.

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

Malachi 2:7

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.

Matthew 23:3

all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

Mark 12:38

And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and to have salutations in the marketplaces,

Luke 20:46

Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yea, he loveth the peoples; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; Every one shall receive of thy words.