Matthew 23:3
so obey them and do everything they tell you. But don't follow what they do, because they don't practice what they preach.
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In Context
2“The religious teachers and the Pharisees are responsible as interpreters of the law of Moses,
Cross References
Exodus 18:19So please listen to me. I'm going to give you some advice, and God will be with you. Yes, you must continue to be the people's representative before God, and take their cases to him.
Deuteronomy 4:5Listen, I have taught you the rules and regulations just as the Lord my God ordered me to do, so you can follow them in the country that you are about to enter and take over.
Deuteronomy 17:9Go to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge in charge. Present the case to them, and they will give you their decision.
Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says, “What's the point of mechanically repeating my laws or making empty promises about obeying the agreement?
Matthew 21:30The man went to the second son, and told him the same thing. He replied, ‘I'll go,’ but he didn't.
Romans 2:19You're absolutely sure that you can guide the blind, and that you are a light to 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 →