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Matthew 23:1-12

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1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

2“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

3So 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.

4They 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.

5“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;

6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

7they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

8“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.

11The greatest among you will be your servant.

12For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

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1)       According to what Jesus said in verses 2 and 3 what must the disciples be careful to do since the teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat?

o   They must be careful to do everything.

o   That

o   The teachers of the law and the Pharisees told them.

 

2)       According to what Jesus said in verse 3 why must the disciples not do what the teachers of the law and the Pharisees do?

o   For they do not practice what they preach.

 

3)       According to what Jesus said in verse 4 in what despicable way did the teachers of the law and the Pharisees not practice what they preach?

o   They

§  Tie up heavy, cumbersome loads.

§  And put them on other people’s shoulders.

o   But they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

 

4)       According to what Jesus said in verse 5 what was the objective of the teachers of the law and the Pharisees in everything they do?

o   Everything they do is done for people to see.

 

5)       According to what Jesus said in verses 5 to 7 what were examples of the teachers of the law and the Pharisees doing everything for people to see?

o   They

§  Made

Ø  Their phylacteries wide. 

Ø  And the tassels on their garments long.

§  Loved

Ø  The place of honor at banquets. 

Ø  And the most important seats in the synagogues.

§  And loved

Ø  To be greeted with respect in the marketplaces. 

Ø  And to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

 

6)       According to what Jesus said in verse 8 why are the disciples not to be called ‘Rabbi’?

o   For they have one Teacher.

o   And they are all brothers.

 

7)       According to what Jesus said in verse 9 why are the disciples not to call anyone on earth ‘father’?

o   For they have one Father.

o   And he is in heaven.

 

8)       According to what Jesus said in verse 10 why are the disciples not to be called instructors?

o   For they have one Instructor, the Messiah or the Christ.

 

9)       According to what Jesus said in verse 11 what role will the greatest among the disciples play?

o   The greatest among the disciples will be their servant.

 

10)   According to what Jesus said in verse 12 what is the relationship between humility and exaltation?

o   Those who exalt themselves will be humbled.

o   And those who humble themselves will be exalted.

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Matthew 23:1-12

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