Matthew 23:2

New Messianic Version Bible

saying: “Upon the seat of Moshe [drawn out] the Torah-teachers (Scribes) and P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] sit”.

Cross References

Luke 20:46

Beware of the Torah-teachers (Scribes), which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

Mark 12:38

And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the Torah-teachers (Scribes), which love to go in long clothing, and [love] salutations in the marketplaces,

Malachi 2:7

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Torah at his mouth: for he [is] the messenger of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].

Ezra 7:25

And youi, ‘Ezra, after the wisdom of youi God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], that [is] in youi hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that [are] beyond the river, all such as know the laws of youi God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]; and teach you2f them that know [them] not.

Ezra 7:6

This ‘went up from Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion]; and he [was] a ready scribe in the law of Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters], which the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] upon him.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yes, he loved the people; all his saints [are] in youi hand: and they sat down at youi feet; [every one] shall receive of youi words.

Matthew 23:3

“Now all which he says to you keep and do; but according to their ordinances and deeds do not do, because they say and do not”.