Matthew 23:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ “The only reason they do good things is for other people to see them. They wear special boxes {\cf2\super [328]} full of Scriptures. {\cf2\super [329]} They make these boxes bigger and bigger. And they make their special prayer clothes very long \{so that people will see them\}.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 10:16

Jehu said, “Come with me. You can see how strong my feelings are for the Lord.”

Exodus 13:9

“This holiday will help you remember—it will be like a string tied on your hand. It will be like a sign before your eyes. [83] This holiday will help you remember the Lord’s teachings. It will help you remember that the Lord used his great power to take you out of Egypt.

Proverbs 3:3

Never stop loving. Always be loyal and true. \{Make these things a part of yourself\}—tie them around your neck and write them on your heart.

Leviticus 13:32

On the seventh day the priest must look at the infection. If the disease has not spread, and there are no yellow hairs growing in it, and the disease does not seem deeper than the skin,

Matthew 9:20

There was a woman that had been bleeding for twelve years. The woman came behind Jesus and touched the bottom of his coat.

Luke 16:15

Jesus said to the Pharisees, “You make yourselves look good in front of people. But God knows what is really in your hearts. The things that people think are important are worth nothing to God.

Luke 20:47

But they are mean to widows {\cf2\super [328]} and steal their homes. Then they try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. God will punish these people very much.”

John 12:43

These men loved praise from people more than praise from God.

John 5:44

You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

John 7:18

Any person that teaches his own ideas is trying to get honor for himself. But a person that tries to bring honor to the one that sent him—that person speaks the truth. There is nothing false in him.

Deuteronomy 11:18

“Remember these commands I give you. Keep them in your hearts. {Write these commands and} tie them on your hands and wear them on your foreheads for a way to help you remember {my laws}.

Deuteronomy 22:12

“Tie several pieces of thread together. Then put these tassels [133] on the four corners of the robes you wear.

Deuteronomy 6:8

{Write these commands and} tie them on your hands and wear them on your foreheads to help you remember {my teachings}.

Philippians 1:15

Some people preach about Christ because they are jealous and bitter. Other people preach about Christ because they want to help.

Philippians 2:3

When you do things, don’t let selfishness or pride be your guide. Be humble and give more honor to other people than to yourselves.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

That Man of Evil is against anything called God or anything that people worship. And that Man of Evil puts himself above anything called God or anything that people worship. And that Man of Evil even goes into God’s temple {\cf2\super [5]} and sits there. Then he says that he is God.