• @Sanctus
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    258 months ago

    Matthew 23:5

    But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

    • @jordanlundM
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      188 months ago

      Matthew 6:1

      “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.”

    • @HWK_290
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      108 months ago

      phylacteries (plural noun)

      1. a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.
      • @Crowfiend
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        18 months ago

        Also, what a necromancer keeps their soul in so they can come back from death.

        Kinda like Voldemort.

      • @Sanctus
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        18 months ago

        This context makes it even more fitting. Two thousand years of repetition.