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all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not,

but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

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

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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. 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)

“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;

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  1. Matthew 23:5 That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm