Matthew 23:5 Parallel Translations

"They do everything to attract people's attention. They make their headbands large and the tassels on their shawls long.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,

WBS:

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

WEB:

But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

YLT:

'And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

Matthew 23:5 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 13:9 "And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 6:8 "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

Deuteronomy 11:18 "You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

Matthew 6:1 "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:5 "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

Matthew 9:20 And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:5 {3} But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their {c} phylacteries, and enlarge {d} the borders of their garments,
(3) Hypocrites are ambitious.
(c) It was a thread or ribband of blue silk in the fringe of a corner, the beholding of which made them remember the laws and ordinances of God: and therefore it was called a phylactery, or as you would say, a container. See Nu 15:38 De 6:8, a commandment which the Jews abused afterwards, as those do today who hang the gospel of John around their necks, which was condemned many years ago in the Council of Antioch.
(d) Literally, Twisted tassels of thread which hung at the outermost hems of their garments.

PNT:

23:5 To be seen of men. Instead of touching the burdens with their little finger, by an effort to keep the law in its spirit, their whole object was to appear holy before men.
They make broad their phylacteries. A band was drawn over the forehead, or around the arm, and to this was attached a small calfskin box, in which were placed passages of Scripture. For this they quoted Ex 13:16. The passages worn so ostentatiously were Ex 12:2-10 13:11-21 De 6:4-9 11:18-21. To make them broad was to enlarge the case contain the Scripture, so as to make it more conspicuous.
Enlarge the borders. The fringes worn to remind them of doing all the commandments, as enjoined in Nu 15:38. To enlarge these would make them more conspicuous.

WES:

23:5 Their phylacteries - The Jews, understanding those words literally, It shall he as a token upon thy hand, and as frontlets between thine eyes, Exod 13:16. And thou shalt bind these words for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes, Deut 6:8; used to wear little scrolls of paper or parchment, bound on their wrist and foreheads, on which several texts of Scripture were writ. These they supposed, as a kind of charm, would preserve them from danger. And hence they seem to have been called phylacteries, or preservatives. The fringes of their garments - Which God had enjoined them to wear, to remind them of doing all the commandments, Num 15:38. These, as well as their phylacteries, the Pharisees affected to wear broader and larger than other men. Mark 12:38.

MHC:

23:1-12 The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge according to outward appearance; but God searches the heart. They made phylacteries. These were scrolls of paper or parchment, wherein were written four paragraphs of the law, to be worn on their foreheads and left arms, Ex 13:2-10; 13:11-16; De 6:4-9; 11:13-21. They made these phylacteries broad, that they might be thought more zealous for the law than others. God appointed the Jews to make fringes upon their garments, Nu 15:38, to remind them of their being a peculiar people; but the Pharisees made them larger than common, as if they were thereby more religious than others. Pride was the darling, reigning sin of the Pharisees, the sin that most easily beset them, and which our Lord Jesus takes all occasions to speak against. For him that is taught in the word to give respect to him that teaches, is commendable; but for him that teaches, to demand it, to be puffed up with it, is sinful. How much is all this against the spirit of Christianity! The consistent disciple of Christ is pained by being put into chief places. But who that looks around on the visible church, would think this was the spirit required? It is plain that some measure of this antichristian spirit prevails in every religious society, and in every one of our hearts.

CONC:

Borders Broad Broaden Deeds Edges Enlarge Fringes Garments Large Lengthen Noticed Observed Phylacteries Robes Tassels View Wide Widen Works

Borders Broad Broaden Deeds Edges Enlarge Fringes Garments Large Noticed Observed Phylacteries Tassels View Widen Works

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