“The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them” (Matthew 23:2-3).
A hypocrite is one who says one thing and does another. Jesus repeatedly called the Pharisees hypocrites in this chapter (Matthew 23:13, 14, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29). In those verses, Jesus talked about many ways in which their hypocrisy was manifested. But what was the root cause that led them to be hypocrites?
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