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

Matthew 23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

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

Matthew 23:4 For 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..(also Matthew 3:7)

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

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

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

Matthew 23:8 But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your Master.(original 'one having the knowledge to teach others), even Christ; and all you are brethren.

Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your Father which is in heaven..(means to not regard anyone as being superior to the Great Father of the Universe); it's what's in your heart and belief that counts)

Matthew 23:10 Neither be you called masters. For one is your Master, even Christ.

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

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

Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men.(how did they do this?); for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go in.

Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore you shall receive the greater damnation.

Matthew 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Matthew 23:16 Woe unto you, you blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! You fools and blind. For whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. You fools and blind. For whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwells therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith. These ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Matthew 23:24 You blind guides, which strain at a gnat.(original 'strain out a gnat' {various small, biting, two-winged flies, such as a punkie or black fly}), and swallow a camel.

Matthew 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Matthew 23:28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matthew 23:29-32 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore you be witnesses unto yourselves, that you are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill you up then the measure of your fathers. 

Matthew 23:33 You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell?.(*)

Matthew 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stoned them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! 

Matthew 23:39 For I say unto you, You shall not see me henceforth, till you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.