023:002 "The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.
023:003 Therefore do and observe everything that they command you;
but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others
what to do, they do not do it themselves.
023:004 Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's
shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one
finger do they choose to lift them.
023:005 And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,
023:006 and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues,
023:007 and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be
addressed by men as `Rabbi.'
023:008 "As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone
is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.
023:009 And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father—
the Heavenly Father.
023:010 And do not accept the name of `leader,' for your Leader is
one alone—the Christ.
023:011 He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant;