Matthew 23:5
Matthew 23:4-7 The Message (MSG)
“Instead of giving you God’s Law as food and drink by which you can banquet on God, they package it in bundles of rules, loading you down like pack animals. They seem to take pleasure in watching you stagger under these loads, and wouldn’t think of lifting a finger to help. Their lives are perpetual fashion shows, embroidered prayer shawls one day and flowery prayers the next. They love to sit at the head table at church dinners, basking in the most prominent positions, preening in the radiance of public flattery, receiving honorary degrees, and getting called ‘Doctor’ and ‘Reverend.’
Matthew 23:5 King James Version (KJV)
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments
Matthew 23:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.
Matthew 23:5 New Century Version (NCV)
“They do good things so that other people will see them. They enlarge the little boxes holding Scriptures that they wear, and they make their special prayer clothes very long.
Matthew 23:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments
Matthew 23:5 New International Version (NIV)
“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long
Matthew 23:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.
Matthew 23:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries (tefillin) wide [to make them more conspicuous]and make their tassels long. [Ex 13:9; Num 15:38; Deut 6:8]
Matthew 23:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
“Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.