Matthew 23:5

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Matthew 23:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

7 the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

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Matthew 6:1

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:2

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:3

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Matthew 6:4

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:5

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:6

But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:7

And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Matthew 6:8

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Matthew 6:9

So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

Matthew 6:10

Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

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Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

Matthew 6:14

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But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

Matthew 6:16

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

2 Kings 10:16

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So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

Luke 20:47

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Luke 21:1

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John 5:44

How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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John 12:43

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Philippians 2:3

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2 Thessalonians 2:4

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Proverbs 3:3

Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 6:21

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

Proverbs 6:22

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Proverbs 6:23

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

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“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.

Numbers 15:39

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

Deuteronomy 22:12

You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.