Matthew 23:5

But all their workes they doe, for to be seene of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels {of their garments.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)

But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders `of their garments',
- American Standard Version (1901)

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
- Basic English Bible

And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders [of their garments],
- Darby Bible

But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- Webster's Bible

And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,
- Weymouth Bible

But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
- World English Bible

Therfor thei don alle her werkis `that thei be seen of men; for thei drawen abrood her filateries, and magnifien hemmes.
- Wycliffe Bible

`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Matthew 23:5

23:5 Their phylacteries - The Jews, understanding those words literally, It shall he as a token upon thy hand, and as frontlets between thine eyes, #Exod 13:16|. And thou shalt bind these words for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes, #Deut 6:8|; used to wear little scrolls of paper or parchment, bound on their wrist and foreheads, on which several texts of Scripture were writ. These they supposed, as a kind of charm, would preserve them from danger. And hence they seem to have been called phylacteries, or preservatives. The fringes of their garments - Which God had enjoined them to wear, to remind them of doing all the commandments, #Num 15:38|. These, as well as their phylacteries, the Pharisees affected to wear broader and larger than other men. #Mark 12:38|.