Matthew 23:5

Matthew chapter 23 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

King James Version · 1611

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

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,

v.4Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

v.5This passage

v.6and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Numbers 15:38
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
Matthew 6:1
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
2 Kings 10:16
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.
Deuteronomy 6:8
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Luke 20:47
who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.