Praying From Matthew Chapter 23

What a stern rebuke, O Lord, you gave the people regarding the scribes and Pharisees.

You said, "Do and observe whatever they tell you. But don't do what they do, because they don't do what they say. They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people's shoulders, but they themselves aren't willing to lift a finger to move them. They do everything to be observed by others."

Remove from my heart, Lord Jesus, any tendency to burden rather than help others with spiritual requirements.

Set aside in me any desire to act so as to be seen and any action that stands in conflict with the truth I profess and proclaim.

1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples: 2 "The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses. 3 Therefore do and observe whatever they tell you. But don't do what they do, because they don't do what they say. 4 They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people's shoulders, but they themselves aren't willing to lift a finger to move them. 5 They do everything to be observed by others: (Matt. 23:1-5, HCSB)

Based on the Holman Christian Standard Bible.

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