Matthew 23:3-5

International Standard Version

³ so do whatever they tell you and follow it, but stop doing what they do, because they don’t do what they say. ⁴ They tie up burdens that are heavy and unbearable and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they refuse to lift a finger to remove them.

⁵ “They do everything to be seen by people. They increase the size of their phylacteries^[a] and lengthen the tassels of their garments.