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Matthew 23:5–6

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But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
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From verse 5

  1. John 12:43Rank 1 from verse 5
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    43For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

  2. Matthew 6:1–16Rank 2 from verse 5
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    1TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

    2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

    3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

    4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

    5¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

    6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

    7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

    8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

    9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

    10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

    11Give us this day our daily bread.

    12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

    13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

    14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

    15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

    16¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

  3. Deuteronomy 6:8Rank 3 from verse 5
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    8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

  4. John 5:44Rank 4 from verse 5
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    44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

  5. Luke 16:15Rank 5 from verse 5
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    15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

  6. Philippians 2:3Rank 6 from verse 5
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    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

  7. Numbers 15:38–39Rank 7 from verse 5
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    38Speak 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 the borders a ribband of blue:

    39And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

  8. Deuteronomy 22:12Rank 8 from verse 5
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    12¶ Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

  9. Exodus 13:9Rank 9 from verse 5
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    9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

  10. Luke 20:47–1Rank 10 from verse 5
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  11. Proverbs 6:21–23Rank 11 from verse 5
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    21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

    22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

    23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  12. John 7:18Rank 12 from verse 5
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    18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

  13. Matthew 9:20Rank 13 from verse 5
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    20¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

  14. Philippians 1:15Rank 14 from verse 5
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    15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

  15. Proverbs 3:3Rank 15 from verse 5
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    3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

  16. 2 Kings 10:16Rank 16 from verse 5
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    16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot.

  17. 2 Thessalonians 2:4Rank 17 from verse 5
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    4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

  18. Deuteronomy 11:18Rank 18 from verse 5
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    18¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

From verse 6

  1. 3 John 1:9Rank 1 from verse 6
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    9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

  2. Luke 11:43–54Rank 2 from verse 6
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    43Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

    44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

    45¶ Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

    46And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

    47Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

    48Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

    49Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

    50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

    51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

    52Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

    53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

    54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  3. Mark 12:38–39Rank 3 from verse 6
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    38¶ And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

    39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

  4. James 2:1–4Rank 4 from verse 6
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    1MY brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

    2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

    3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

    4Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

  5. Luke 14:7–11Rank 5 from verse 6
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    7¶ And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

    8When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

    9And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

    10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

    11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  6. Proverbs 25:6–7Rank 6 from verse 6
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    6Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

    7For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

  7. Luke 20:46–47Rank 7 from verse 6
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    46Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

    47Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

  8. Matthew 20:21Rank 8 from verse 6
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    21And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

  9. Romans 12:10Rank 9 from verse 6
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    10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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Matthew 23:5

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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works

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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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broad

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Wide or great in breadth or extent; spacious, open, ample, or enlarged, whether literally or figuratively.

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enlarge

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Sense 1: To make greater or wider. Sense 2: To set at liberty or give room.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

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borders

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Plural form of border (the edge, boundary, or limit of a country, region, garment, or object).

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Matthew 23:6

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

uppermost

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Highest, topmost, chief, most prominent, or occupying the place of greatest visibility, rank, or honour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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seats

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Plural form of seat (the place of sitting; throne; chair of state; tribunal; post of authority. That on which one sits: a chair, bench, stool or any other thing on which a person sits).

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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23:1THEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

23:2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

23:3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

23:4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

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23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

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23:7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

23:8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

23:9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

23:10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

23:11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

23:12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

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