Mat 23:1 | Clarke | STEP | The character of the scribes and Pharisees, and directions to the people and the disciples to receive the law from them, but not to follow their bad example, . The disciples exhorted to humility, . Different woes pronounced against the scribes and Pharisees for their intolerance, ; rapacity, ; false zeal, ; superstition in oaths and tithes, ; hypocrisy, . Their cruelty, . Their persecution of the apostles, etc. Their destruction foretold, . Christ's lamentation over Jerusalem, .

Matthew 23:1

Introduction

The character of the scribes and Pharisees, and directions to the people and the disciples to receive the law from them, but not to follow their bad example, Mat 23:1-7. The disciples exhorted to humility, Mat 23:8-12. Different woes pronounced against the scribes and Pharisees for their intolerance, Mat 23:13; rapacity, Mat 23:14; false zeal, Mat 23:15; superstition in oaths and tithes, Mat 23:16-23; hypocrisy, Mat 23:24-28. Their cruelty, Mat 23:29-32. Their persecution of the apostles, etc. Their destruction foretold, Mat 23:33-36. Christ's lamentation over Jerusalem, Mat 23:37-39.