You can't get away

Matthew 23:1-5

1. What did the Pharisees do?

The Pharisees do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. "Everything they do is done for men to see.

They are full of greed and self-indulgence. They are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside they appear to people as righteous but on the inside are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Matthew 23-28

2. What did the Pharisees neglect?

The Pharisees neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. They should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.