Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship— working by night and by day so-as not to be a burden-on^[a] any of you, we proclaimed to you the good-news of God. ¹⁰ You and God are witnesses how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we were with^[b] you, the ones believing— ¹¹ just-as you know how each one of you, as a father his own children, ¹² we were exhorting you and encouraging and testifying so-that you might walk worthily of God, the One calling you into His own kingdom and glory.

And We Thank God You Accepted Our Message As God’s Word, Even Amidst Persecution

¹³ And for this^[c] reason we are indeed^[d] giving-thanks to God unceasingly: because having received the word of God heard from us^[e], you accepted not the word of humans, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at-work^[f] in you, the ones believing.

Jesus Tells The Crowds: Do Not Act Like The Scribes And Pharisees

23 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, ² saying— “The scribes and the Pharisees sat-down^[a] on the seat of Moses. ³ Therefore, do and be keeping all that they tell you. But do not be acting^[b] in accordance with their works. For they say things and do not do them. ⁴ And they bind-up heavy and hard-to-bear burdens^[c] and lay them on the shoulders of people. But they are not willing to move^[d] them with their finger. ⁵ And they do all their works so-as to be seen by people. For they widen their phylacteries^[e] and lengthen their tassels^[f]. ⁶ And they love the place-of-honor^[g] at the banquets, and the seats-of-honor^[h] in the synagogues, ⁷ and the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’^[i] by people. ⁸ But you— do not be called^[j] ‘Rabbi’. For One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. ⁹ And do not call^[k] one on earth your father. For One is your Father— the heavenly One. ¹⁰ Nor be called master-teachers^[l], because your master-teacher is One— the Christ. ¹¹ But the greater^[m] of you shall be your servant. ¹² And whoever will exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever will humble himself will be exalted.