023:003 Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves. 023:004 Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them. 023:005 And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large, 023:006 and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues, 023:007 and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as `Rabbi.' 023:008 "As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. 023:009 And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father-- the Heavenly Father. 023:010 And do not accept the name of `leader,' for your Leader is one alone--the Christ. 023:011 He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant; 023:012 and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases himself shall be exalted. 023:013 "But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so. 023:014 [] 023:015 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour sea and land in order to win one convert--and when he is gained, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves. 023:016 "Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "`Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.' 023:017 "Blind fools! Why, which is greater?--the gold, or the Sanctuary which has made the gold holy? 023:018 And you say, "`Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound by the oath.' 023:019 "You are blind! Why, which is greater?--the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy? 023:020 He who swears by the altar swears both by it and by everything on it; 023:021 he who swears by the Sanctuary swears both by it and by Him who dwells in it; 023:022 and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. 023:023 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone. 023:024 You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!