He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he had him ride in his chariot.
Matthew 23:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They do all their deeds to be seen by others, for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes. |
He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he had him ride in his chariot.
It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the Lord may be on your lips, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
On the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch; if the itch has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin,
Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak,
So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.
They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?
Those who speak on their own seek their own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing unjust in him.
“You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.
“You shall make tassels on the four corners of the cloak with which you cover yourself.
Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead,
Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.