THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES SAT IN MOSES’ PULPIT. ALL THE THINGS THEN THAT THEY WILL TELL YOU, DO THEM AND OBSERVE THEM; BUT DO NOT DO ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS, FOR THEY SAY AND DO NOT DO; BUT THEY BIND HEAVY AND DIFFICULT BURDENS, AND PUT THEM ON THE SHOULDERS OF MEN, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO MOVE THEM WITH THEIR FINGERS. AND THEY DO ALL THEIR WORKS TO BE SEEN BY MEN; FOR THEY WIDEN THEIR PHYLACTERIES AND GIVE MORE WIDTH TO THE FRINGES[OF THEIR GARMENTS], AND THEY LOVE THE FIRST PLACE IN MEALS AND THE FIRST SEATS IN SYNAGOGUES, AND GREETINGS IN PUBLIC PLACES, AND TO BE CALLED BY MEN: RABBI, RABBI ! BUT YOU, DO NOT BE CALLED: RABBI; FOR ONLY ONE IS YOUR LEADER,[CHRIST]; AND YOU ARE ALL BROTHERS. AND CALL NO ONE ON EARTH YOUR FATHER; FOR ONLY ONE IS YOUR FATHER, HE WHO IS IN HEAVEN. DO NOT BE CALLED LEADERS EITHER; FOR ONLY ONE IS YOUR LEADER, CHRIST. BUT THE GREATEST OF YOU WILL BE YOUR SERVANT. AND WHOEVER ASCENDS SHALL BE HUMBLED; AND WHOEVER LOWERS HIMSELF SHALL BE EXALTED.