Matthew 23:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Matthew 23:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 6:1-16
Take 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. …
John 12:43
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John 5:44
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Philippians 2:3
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Luke 16:15
And 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.

Topics

Ambition Church Conceit Congregation Consistency Deceit Deception Dishonesty

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-12)

We find not Christ, in all his preaching, so severe upon any sort of people as upon these scribes and Pharisees; for the truth is, nothing is more directly opposite to the spirit of the gospel than the temper and practice of that generation of men, who were made up of pride, worldliness, and tyranny, under a cloak and pretence of religion; yet these were the idols and darlings of the people, who t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. But all their works they do for to be seen of men--Whatever good they do, or zeal they show, has but one motive--human applause. they make broad their phylacteries--strips of parchment with Scripture-texts on them, worn on the forehead, arm, and side, in time of prayer. and enlarge the borders of their garments--fringes of their upper garments (Nu 15:37-40).