Matthew 23:1-12

¹Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, ²“The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. ³Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach. ⁴They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them. ⁵They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long. ⁶They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues ⁷and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them ‘Rabbi.’ ⁸But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers. ⁹And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ. ¹¹The greatest among you will be your servant. ¹²And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.