We see Jesus mentions two kinds of people in the Gospel today.
At first it is the scribes.
Now, who were these scribes?
They were learned people. They were the professional interpreters of the Law – that is given in the Torah - in the Jewish synagogues even at the time of Jesus. They were considered as the so considered to the ‘upper class Jews’ just as Priests or some Pharisees and Sadducees. So they were respected and accepted by the public.
They had an accepted dress code too- their special long coats.
But what is wrong in these?
Jesus has his clarification for the accusations against them. It is not because of these external matters. But it is because they used all these status and intellectual capacities and abilities only for their own praise and glory. For Jesus this was not according to their call. Their used their long clothes for public attention. They aimed their self advance, loved and fond of applause; they expected salutations in the marketplaces, and presidential seats in the synagogues, and special places during feasts; they loved all these vain fancies and counted them as their popularity. read more...--
Fr Thomas Kalathil
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