Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:1 JFB -> Commentary on 23:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:1 PNT -> Commentary on 23:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:1 TFG -> Commentary on 23:1 TSK -> Commentary on 23:1 TSK -> Entry for 23:1 WEN -> Notes on 23:1 NTB -> Example; Jesus, The Christ; Reproof EBD -> Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:1 WJD -> Devotional using 23:1 23:1 - [In Context] Then Jesus spoke to the people and to his followers. Jesus said,
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:2 JFB -> Commentary on 23:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:2 PNT -> Commentary on 23:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:2 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:2 TFG -> Commentary on 23:2 TSK -> Commentary on 23:2 TSK -> Entry for 23:2 WEN -> Notes on 23:2 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Example; Hypocrisy; Oppression; Pharisees; Satire; Scribe (S); Teachers TTT -> Law of Moses, The; Magistrates; Scribes EBD -> Pentateuch WJD -> Devotional using 23:2 WJD -> Devotional using 23:2 23:2 - [In Context] "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees F327 have the authority (power) to tell you what the law of Moses says.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:3 JFB -> Commentary on 23:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:3 PNT -> Commentary on 23:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:3 TSK -> Commentary on 23:3 TSK -> Entry for 23:3 WEN -> Notes on 23:3 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Example; Hypocrisy; Inconsistency; Minister, Christian; Oppression; Pharisees; Satire; Scribe (S); Teachers TTT -> Call of God, The; Hypocrites; Magistrates; Ministers EBD -> Pharisees WJD -> Devotional using 23:3 WJD -> Devotional using 23:3 23:3 - [In Context] So you should obey the things they say. You should do all the things they tell you to do. But their lives are not good examples for you to follow. They tell you to do things, but they don't do those things themselves.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:4 JFB -> Commentary on 23:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:4 PNT -> Commentary on 23:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:4 TFG -> Commentary on 23:4 TSK -> Commentary on 23:4 TSK -> Entry for 23:4 WEN -> Notes on 23:4 NTB -> Burden; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Inconsistency; Minister, Christian; Oppression; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Call of God, The; Pharisees, The WJD -> Devotional using 23:4 WJD -> Devotional using 23:4 WJD -> Devotional using 23:4 23:4 - [In Context] They make strict rules that are hard for people to obey. They try to force other people to obey all those rules. But they themselves will not try to follow any of those rules.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:5 JFB -> Commentary on 23:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:5 PNT -> Commentary on 23:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:5 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:5 TFG -> Commentary on 23:5 TSK -> Commentary on 23:5 TSK -> Entry for 23:5 WEN -> Notes on 23:5 NTB -> Ambition; Church; Fringes; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Phylactery; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Call of God, The; Eye, The; Garments; Hyke or Upper Garment; Hypocrites; Pharisees, The EBD -> Apparel; Hem; Phylacteries SBD -> Frontlets, or Phylacteries; Hem of garment; Pharisees; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:5 WJD -> Devotional using 23:5 WJD -> Devotional using 23:5 23:5 - [In Context] "The only reason they do good things is for other people to see them. They wear special boxes F328 full of Scriptures. F329 They make these boxes bigger and bigger. And they make their special prayer clothes very long {so that people will see them}.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:6 JFB -> Commentary on 23:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:6 PNT -> Commentary on 23:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:6 TFG -> Commentary on 23:6 TSK -> Commentary on 23:6 TSK -> Entry for 23:6 WEN -> Notes on 23:6 NTB -> Ambition; Church; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Pride; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Call of God, The; Entertainments; Hypocrites; Pharisees, The; Synagogues EBD -> Banquet; Synagogue SBD -> Pharisees; Room; Scribes; Synagogue WJD -> Devotional using 23:6 WJD -> Devotional using 23:6 WJD -> Devotional using 23:6 23:6 - [In Context] Those Pharisees F330 and teachers of the law love to get the most important seats at the feasts. And they love to get the most important seats in the synagogues. F331
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:7 JFB -> Commentary on 23:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:7 PNT -> Commentary on 23:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:7 TFG -> Commentary on 23:7 TSK -> Commentary on 23:7 TSK -> Entry for 23:7 WEN -> Notes on 23:7 NTB -> Ambition; Church; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Pride; Rabbi; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Call of God, The; Hypocrites; Pharisees, The; Salutations EBD -> Rabbi SBD -> Rabbi; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:7 WJD -> Devotional using 23:7 WJD -> Devotional using 23:7 23:7 - [In Context] They love for people to show respect to them in the market places. And they love to have people call them 'Teacher.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:8 JFB -> Commentary on 23:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:8 PNT -> Commentary on 23:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:8 TSK -> Commentary on 23:8 TSK -> Entry for 23:8 WEN -> Notes on 23:8 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Fellowship; Fraternity; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Man; Master; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Pride; Rabbi; Satire; Teachers; Unity TTT -> Call of God, The; Pharisees, The; Titles and Names of Saints EBD -> Rabbi SBD -> Rabbi WJD -> Devotional using 23:8 WJD -> Devotional using 23:8 WJD -> Devotional using 23:8 23:8 - [In Context] "But you must not be called 'Teacher.' You are all brothers and sisters together. You have only one Teacher.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:9 JFB -> Commentary on 23:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:9 PNT -> Commentary on 23:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:9 TSK -> Commentary on 23:9 TSK -> Entry for 23:9 WEN -> Notes on 23:9 NTB -> Ecclesiasticism; Father; God (continued); Hypocrisy; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Call of God, The; Pharisees, The EBD -> Father SBD -> Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:9 WJD -> Devotional using 23:9 WJD -> Devotional using 23:9 23:9 - [In Context] And don't call any person on earth 'Father.' You have one Father. He is in heaven.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:10 JFB -> Commentary on 23:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:10 PNT -> Commentary on 23:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:10 WEN -> Notes on 23:10 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Pride; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Pharisees, The WJD -> Devotional using 23:10 WJD -> Devotional using 23:10 WJD -> Devotional using 23:10 23:10 - [In Context] And you should not be called 'Master.' You have only one Master, the Christ. F332
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:11 JFB -> Commentary on 23:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:11 PNT -> Commentary on 23:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:11 TSK -> Commentary on 23:11 TSK -> Entry for 23:11 WEN -> Notes on 23:11 NTB -> Deacon; Hypocrisy; Man; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Pride; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Ambition WJD -> Devotional using 23:11 23:11 - [In Context] The person that serves you like a servant is the greatest person among you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:12 JFB -> Commentary on 23:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:12 PNT -> Commentary on 23:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:12 TFG -> Commentary on 23:12 TSK -> Commentary on 23:12 TSK -> Entry for 23:12 WEN -> Notes on 23:12 NTB -> Ambition; Humility; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Pride; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Ambition; Meekness; Pride WJD -> Devotional using 23:12 23:12 - [In Context] Every person that makes himself better than other people will be made humble. Every person that makes himself humble will be made great.
FOOTNOTES: F327: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F328: special boxes   Small leather boxes containing four important Scriptures. Some Jews tied these to the forehead and left arm to show they were very religious. F329: Scriptures   Holy Writings--the Old Testament. F330: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F331: synagogue(s)   Synagogues were places where Jews gathered for prayer, study of the Scriptures, and other public meetings. F332: Christ   The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one of God.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.