Matthew 23:3-5

Living Bible

³ And of course you should obey their every whim! It may be all right to do what they say, but above anything else, don’t follow their example. For they don’t do what they tell you to do. ⁴ They load you with impossible demands that they themselves don’t even try to keep.

⁵ “Everything they do is done for show. They act holy^[a] by wearing on their arms little prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and by lengthening the memorial fringes of their robes.