Matthew 23:1 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 23:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,”

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples. The Woes against the Scribes and Pharisees are addressed to both the crowds and the disciples — the teaching has a dual audience. The crowds need to understand the limits of Pharisaic authority; the disciples need to understand the failure of the Pharisaic model that they must not reproduce.

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Finding rest in God — Matthew 23

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