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They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.

“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.[a] And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues.

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  1. 23:5 Greek They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

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