The character of the scribes and Pharisees, and directions to the people and the disciples to receive the law from them, but not to follow their bad example, Mat 23:1-7. The disciples exhorted to humility, Mat 23:8-12. Different woes pronounced against the scribes and Pharisees for their intolerance, Mat 23:13; rapacity, Mat 23:14; false zeal, Mat 23:15; superstition in oaths and tithes, Mat 23:16-23; hypocrisy, Mat 23:24-28. Their cruelty, Mat 23:29-32. Their persecution of the apostles, etc. Their destruction foretold, Mat 23:33-36. Christ's lamentation over Jerusalem, Mat 23:37-39.