Thematic Bible: Instructors in the law
Thematic Bible
Scribe (scribes) » Instructors in the law
because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses. Therefore do and observe everything that they tell you, but do not do as {they do}, for they tell [others to do something] and do not do [it themselves].
And he said to them, "For this [reason] every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new [things] and old [things]."
And the disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"