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Chapter 24 - Against The Scribes And Pharisees
1. And Jmmanuel spoke to the people and the disciples, saying, "The scribes and Pharisees sit on the chairs of the prophets.
2. "Refrain, however, from doing and accepting anything they tell you, and also don't act in accordance with their works.
3. "They teach you confused teachings, which they and their forefathers have falsified for their own selfish interests.
4. "They contrive heavy burdens and place them upon the shoulders of the people, yet they themselves do not want to lift a finger.
5. "They do all their works in order to be seen by the people and impress them.
6. "They make their prayer belts wide and the tassels on their clothing long.
7. "They like to sit at the heads of tables and in the best places in the synagogues.
8. "And they like to be greeted in the marketplace and to be called master by the people.
9. "But don't let anyone call you master until you have become cognizant of the wisdom of knowledge.
10. "And don't let anyone call you teacher until you follow the laws of Creation yourselves,
11. "because those who allow themselves to be called master and teacher but do not possess the wisdom of knowledge will be denounced as liars.
12. "For those who unjustly exalt themselves will be abased, and those who unjustly abase themselves will be disdained.