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Teaching about Charity

(A)“Make certain you do not perform your religious duties in public so that people will see what you do. If you do these things publicly, you will not have any reward from your Father in heaven.

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Giving to the Needy

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.(A) If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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(A)They do everything so that people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which they wear on their foreheads and arms, and notice how large they are! Notice also how long are the tassels on their cloaks![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:5 These tassels were worn as a sign of devotion to God (see Nu 15.37-41).

“Everything they do is done for people to see:(A) They make their phylacteries[a](B) wide and the tassels on their garments(C) long;

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Footnotes

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

Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder.

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Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(A)

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(A)They do everything so that people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which they wear on their foreheads and arms, and notice how large they are! Notice also how long are the tassels on their cloaks![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:5 These tassels were worn as a sign of devotion to God (see Nu 15.37-41).

“Everything they do is done for people to see:(A) They make their phylacteries[a](B) wide and the tassels on their garments(C) long;

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Footnotes

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

38 (A)to say to the people of Israel: “Make tassels on the corners of your garments and put a blue cord on each tassel. You are to do this for all time to come.

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38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come(A) you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments,(B) with a blue cord on each tassel.

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