Matthew 23:5

Good News Translation

They do everything so that people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which they wear on their foreheads and arms, and notice how large they are! Notice also how long are the tassels on their cloaks!

Cross References

2 Kings 10:16

saying, “Come with me and see for yourself how devoted I am to the Lord.” And they rode on together to Samaria.

Exodus 13:9

This observance will be a reminder, like something tied on your hand or on your forehead; it will remind you to continue to recite and study the Law of the Lord, because the Lord brought you out of Egypt by his great power.

Proverbs 3:3

Never let go of loyalty and faithfulness. Tie them around your neck; write them on your heart.

Leviticus 13:32

The priest shall examine the sore again on the seventh day, and if it has not spread and there are no yellowish hairs in it and it does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin,

Matthew 9:20

A woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak.

Luke 16:15

Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who make yourselves look right in other people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For the things that are considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God's sight.

Luke 20:47

who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!”

John 12:43

They loved human approval rather than the approval of God.

John 5:44

You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?

John 7:18

Those who speak on their own authority are trying to gain glory for themselves. But he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there is nothing false in him.

Deuteronomy 11:18

“Remember these commands and cherish them. Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder.

Deuteronomy 22:12

“Sew tassels on the four corners of your clothes.

Deuteronomy 6:8

Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder.

Philippians 1:15

Of course some of them preach Christ because they are jealous and quarrelsome, but others from genuine good will.

Philippians 2:3

Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God's Temple and claim to be God.