³ So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. ⁴ They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.^(A)

⁵ “Everything they do is done for people to see:^(B) They make their phylacteries^[a](C) wide and the tassels on their garments^(D) long; ⁶ they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;^{(E) 7} they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.^(F)

⁸ “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. ⁹ And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father,^(G) and he is in heaven.