Parallel Verses

Montgomery New Testament

"For they do all their good deeds to be gazed on of men. They widen their phylacteries,

New American Standard Bible

But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

King James Version

But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Holman Bible

They do everything to be observed by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

International Standard Version

"They do everything to be seen by people. They increase the size of their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

A Conservative Version

But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the hems of their garments.

American Standard Version

But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments ,

Amplified

They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries (tefillin) wide [to make them more conspicuous] and make their tassels long.

An Understandable Version

But they do all their deeds just to be seen by people. They wear elaborate Scripture texts displayed on their clothing and enlarge [conspicuously] the fringes of their robes.

Anderson New Testament

And they do all their works for the purpose of being seen by men. They make their amulets broad, and enlarge the fringes of their mantles.

Bible in Basic English

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,

Common New Testament

But they do all their works to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and the tassels of their garments long.

Daniel Mace New Testament

their phylacterys are broader, and the fringes of their garments are larger than those of others:

Darby Translation

And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Godbey New Testament

And they do all their works to be seen by the people: for they broaden their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Goodspeed New Testament

They do everything they do to have men see it. They wear wide Scripture texts as charms, and they wear large tassels,

John Wesley New Testament

But all their works they do, to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and inlarge the fringes of their garments.

Julia Smith Translation

And all their works do they, to be seen by men: and make broad their preservatives, and enlarge the border of their garments

King James 2000

But all their works they do to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they do all their deeds in order to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries broad and make their tassels long.

Modern King James verseion

But they do all their works in order to be seen of men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

All their works they do, for to be seen of men. They set abroad their phylacteries, and make large borders on their garments,

Moffatt New Testament

Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels,

NET Bible

They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

New Heart English Bible

But all their works they do to be seen by others. They make their tefillin broad and enlarge the fringe of their garments,

Noyes New Testament

And all their works they do to be observed by men. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge their fringes,

Sawyer New Testament

And they do all their works to be seen by men. For they make broad their prayer fillets, and enlarge the fringes,

The Emphasized Bible

But, all their works, they do, to be gazed at, by men, - for they make broad their amulets, and make large their fringes,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And all their works they do to be seen of men: they make their phylacteries broad, and deepen the fringes of their garments,

Twentieth Century New Testament

All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,

Webster

But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Weymouth New Testament

And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,

Williams New Testament

They do what they do to attract people's attention. They wear on their coats Scripture texts in big letters, and they wear large tassels,

World English Bible

But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

Worrell New Testament

But all their works they do with the view to be seen by men; for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge their fringes;

Worsley New Testament

but they do all their works to be seen by men; they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

Youngs Literal Translation

'And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704






Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

they do
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

for
πρός 
Pros 
unto, to, with, for, against, among, at, not tr, , vr to
Usage: 412

to be seen
θεάομαι 
theaomai 
Usage: 18

of men
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

πλατύνω 
Platuno 
Usage: 2

φυλακτήριον 
Phulakterion 
Usage: 0

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

μεγαλύνω 
megaluno 
Usage: 7

the borders
κράσπεδον 
Kraspedon 
Usage: 4

of
ἱμάτιον 
himation 
Usage: 44

Context Readings

Seven Woes Pronounced On The Scribes And Pharisees

4 "For they bind heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger to move them. 5  "For they do all their good deeds to be gazed on of men. They widen their phylacteries, 6 "and lengthen the tassels, and are fond of the best places at banquets, and the front seats in the synagogues.

Cross References

Matthew 9:20

But a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him, and touched the tassel of his cloak.

Matthew 6:1-16

"Be careful not to do your good deeds in the sight of men, in order to be observed by them. If you do, you have no reward with your heavenly Father.

John 5:44

"How can you believe when you receive glory from, one another, and have no desire for the glory which comes from the only God?

Luke 16:15

He said to them. "You are those that justify themselves in the eyes of men; but God knows you hearts; for that which is lofty in the eyes of men is abomination in the eyes of God.

Luke 20:47-1

"but they devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive severer condemnation."

John 7:18

"The man who speaks on his own authority is always seeking his own glory. But one who is eager for the glory of Him who sent him, he is true, and therefore is nothing false about him.

John 12:43

For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

Philippians 1:15

Some indeed are preaching Christ out of envy and contentiousness, but others from good-will.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

the adversary, who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God, or is an object of worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, and vaunts himself as God.

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