Matthew 23:5

5The Pharisees do things only so that people will see them. They wear little boxes with words from the Bible in them, but they make them really big. They also make the tassels on their clothes very long. 23:5 These little boxes were called phylacteries. A Jewish man would tie one to his head or to his arm. There was some paper with words from the Bible in the box. The Pharisees wanted other people to see their phylacteries and their tassels. They wanted people to think that they served God well.