Explicit references found in available sermon transcripts.
Matthew 23:6 · BSB
23:6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain. Sermons may quote another translation.
These sermons cite a broader passage containing Matthew 23:6; they are not counted as specific verse evidence.
79 podcasts represented across both types of reference
…Thank you very much. And Jesus rebukes them for it time and time again. I want you to flip, we have a few minutes. I want you to flip over toMatthew chapter 23. Keep your finger in Matthew 12 because it'll be back there. But Matthew 23, towards the end of Jesus' life, is a very clear rebuke to this. The…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…points out the inward deadness of the individual. Jesus calls them hypocrites. You know, take a look over in the Matthew for a moment. Look over toMatthew chapter 23. Matthew 23, look down at verse 25. Jesus looks at the Pharisees and he says this, Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you make…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…the inner circle of Jesus, I might say, man, we got a good one. We got somebody that was in opposition to Jesus, somebody that Jesus described inMatthew chapter 23. You know what he calls them? He calls them hypocrites. He calls them pretenders, He calls them fakes, He calls them egoists. But you know, there's…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…were a lot of them that really looked the part. They looked the part. They spoke the right words but Jesus called them out pretty harshly here inMatthew chapter 23. And we're just reading a couple of little verses here but that might be good homework for you this week if you want to go through and read all of…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…that out? What was leading them up to it? Well, Matthew gives us a little insight. And we can go back to Matthew's account. If you look over toMatthew chapter 23, because I believe the disciples here are responding to a statement that Jesus made. A statement that I declared in here. Notice what it tells us…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…Everything they did was all about form and no substance, how it looks on the outside. But that's not how they were on the inside. You know, inMatthew chapter 23, it was the last sermon the Lord ever preached. And you want to talk about a scathing rebuke? You know, people talk about Jesus love and yes He is.…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…honorable to do so his only assessment of giving and tithing was the fact of how people did it the heart attached to it you know look over intoMatthew chapter 23for a moment Matthew chapter 23 in verse 23 we say the word of God tells us this he says woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for you pay…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…emphasize being clean on the outside, of having a righteousness that everybody can see. Let me just read to you what Jesus has to say to them inMatthew chapter 23. This is verses 25 through 27. Jesus says this. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate,…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…what's taking place, to understand the full picture. Because the leaders here filled the seats in places of authority. Matthew tells us this inMatthew chapter 23in verse 2. It tells us this, saying, the scribes and the Pharisees sit in where? Moses' seat. Now, we don't have time this morning to get into…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…whole nation. Okay, and so the point, again, is to help people get to God, to be a bridge to God. Now it makes a ton of sense why in the book ofMatthew, chapter 23, Jesus is so ticked off, Jesus is so upset by the fact that the religious leaders are pushing people away from God. Here's some texts we've we've…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew, chapter 23” view source ↗
…or whether you're a worker of lawlessness. That's what defines those who are part of Jesus' kingdom. And flip way over in Matthew to chapter 23. InMatthew chapter 23, Jesus is giving some anti-beatitudes, woes. A woe is like a cross between a warning and a curse. And he's giving these woes to the scribes and the…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…all these different things that people might swear by? Well, there's a passage a little later in Matthew's gospel that sheds some light on this. InMatthew chapter 23, Jesus in that chapter is speaking out against the Pharisees, and he's condemning their hypocrisy and their self-righteousness. And in the middle…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…has come to seek or to save that which was lost read that in the NIV please it's absent it's not there all right let's turn over to Matthew 23 14Matthew chapter 23and verse 14 and there we read woe unto you scribes Pharisees hypocrites for you devour widows houses and for a pretense make long prayer therefore…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…let's look at another text where where uh Jesus talks about uh actually uh legalism. And this isn't this is a pretty intense text. This is actuallyMatthew chapter 23. Jesus is talking to some of the more pious, uh well-behaved people, um, the religious law, uh, religious uh teachers of religious law and the the…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…damaging to have knowledge without love. Jesus issues all of these woes in the book of Matthew 22. And this one is particularly striking to me.Matthew chapter 23in verse 15. He says, Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. So these are the religious people of his day. For you travel across sea and…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…told, is a Pharisee. That's a word we see sometimes in the New Testament. Pharisees were really religious people. If you go back and you read inMatthew chapter 23, you're going to see that Jesus, it's pretty hard on these type of people because oftentimes these Pharisees were very religious, but they weren't…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…saying this to the scribes, He was saying this to his own followers. Now the full comprehensive teaching that Jesus gives here is provided inMatthew chapter 23where you get a lengthy index of woes that Jesus proclaims concerning the scribes and the Pharisees. Comparatively, Mark and Luke summarize that…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…6. God comes to his people and says, I will not accept your burnt offerings because you practice injustice. What did Brit read from us? FromMatthew chapter 23, Jesus comes and condemns the religious leaders. He says, look, you worry about tithing on your herbs and mint and cumin. You know what? That's…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
…and then he says, remember, in your humility, serve others for the cause of Christ. Now he's echoing the words of Jesus, of course. Jesus inMatthew chapter 23said, but the greatest among you, he said to his disciples, the greatest among you shall be your servant. Invariably the disciples were always…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗
Go toMatthew chapter 23. Matthew chapter 23. We've been away from Matthew for a little while. We've had our Easter service a couple weeks ago, and last week we had our…
Chapter mention Publisher transcript cited as “Matthew chapter 23” view source ↗