Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Gospel Exegesis podcast made by logical Bible study. And what we do here in this podcast is we take a look at the

literal sense of the text from today's gospel reading at Mass so every day when

you go to Mass there's usually three readings sometimes two the last reading is

the gospel reading and that's from Matthew Mark Luke John, and we take a look at that reading,

and we're looking at the literal sense of the text, as in what was the author trying to convey

to his original audience.

And by doing that, we can really get at the meaning of the text.

And in fact, that's the best way to find out what it's trying to say to us today.

So today we're

looking at a really, really interesting passage for a number of reasons. One of the most

important, I think, in terms of understanding Jesus' thinking and the Jewish thinking at the

time about the Pharisees, etc. So we're looking at Matthew chapter 23 verses 1 to 12.

Addressing the people and his disciples, Jesus said,

The scribes and the Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses.

You must therefore do what they tell you and listen to what they say.

But do not be guided by what they do, since they do not

practice what they preach.

They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but will they lift a finger

to move them?

Not they.

Everything they do is done to attract attention, like wearing broad philactories and longer tassels, like

wanting to take the place of honour at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues, being greeted

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