Matthew 23:3
All things therefore, however many they may tell you to observe, observe and do, but do not ye according to their works, for they say, and do not.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2The scholars and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.
Cross References
Exodus 18:19Hearken now to my voice. I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee. Be thou for the people toward God, and bring thou the cases to God.
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land where ye go in to possess it.
Deuteronomy 17:9And thou shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days, and thou shall inquire. And they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.
Psalms 50:16But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth,
Matthew 21:30And having come to the second, he said likewise. And having answered, he said, I, sir, and did not go.
Romans 2:19And thou have confidence in thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →