Matthew 23:4-6

New Century Version

⁴ They make strict rules and try to force people to obey them, but they are unwilling to help those who struggle under the weight of their rules.

⁵ “They do good things so that other people will see them. They enlarge the little boxes^[a] holding Scriptures that they wear, and they make their special prayer clothes very long. ⁶ Those Pharisees and teachers of the law love to have the most important seats at feasts and in the synagogues.