# General Information:

This is the beginning of a new part of the story that runs through [Matthew 25:46](../25/44.md), where Jesus teaches about salvation and the final judgment. Here he begins to warn the people about the scribes and Pharisees.

# sit in Moses' seat

Here "seat" represents the authority to rule and make judgments. AT: "have authority as Moses had" or "have authority to say what the law of Moses means" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# whatever

"anything" or "everything"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/scribe]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pharisee]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/moses]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/imitate]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]]