Matthew 23:3
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
Cross References
Exodus 18:19Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
Deuteronomy 17:9You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Matthew 21:30Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for 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 →