⁷ And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to ^(A)exalt^[a] you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, ^(B)as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. ⁸ You shall command ^(C)the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you have come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, ^(D)you shall stand in the Jordan.’ ”

⁹ So Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the Lord your God.” ¹⁰ And Joshua said, “By this you shall know that ^(E)the living God is among you, and that He will without fail ^(F)drive out from before you the ^(G)Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites: ¹¹ Behold, the ark of the covenant of ^(H)the Lord of all the earth is crossing over before you into the Jordan. ¹² Now therefore, ^(I)take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from every tribe. ¹³ And it shall come to pass, ^(J)as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, ^(K)the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and they ^(L)shall stand as a heap.”

¹⁴ So it was, when the people set out from their camp to cross over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ^(M)ark of the covenant before the people, ¹⁵ and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and ^(N)the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the ^(O)Jordan overflows all its banks ^(P)during the whole time of harvest), ¹⁶ that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away ^[b]at Adam, the city that is beside ^(Q)Zaretan. So the waters that went down ^(R)into the Sea of the Arabah, ^(S)the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho. ¹⁷ Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; ^(T)and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.

⁹ For you remember, brethren, our ^(A)labor and toil; for laboring night and day, ^(B)that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

^10 (C)You are witnesses, and God also, ^(D)how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe; ¹¹ as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and ^[a]charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, ^12 (E)that you would walk worthy of God ^(F)who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

Their Conversion

¹³ For this reason we also thank God ^(G)without ceasing, because when you ^(H)received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it ^(I)not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively ^(J)works in you who believe.

Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees^(A)

23 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, ² saying: ^(B)“The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. ³ Therefore whatever they tell you ^[a]to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for ^(C)they say, and do not do. ^4 (D)For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. ⁵ But all their works they do to ^(E)be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments. ^6 (F)They love the ^[b]best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, ⁷ greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’ ^8 (G)But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your ^[c]Teacher, ^[d]the Christ, and you are all brethren. ⁹ Do not call anyone on earth your father; ^(H)for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. ¹⁰ And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. ¹¹ But ^(I)he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. ^12 (J)And whoever exalts himself will be ^[e]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be ^[f]exalted.