Matthew 23:3
all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not do, for they say, and do not do;
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In Context
2saying, “On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;
Cross References
Exodus 18:19Now listen to my voice, I counsel you, and God is with you: be for the people before God, and you have brought in the things to God;
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as my God YHWH has commanded me, to do so in the midst of the land to where you are going in to possess it;
Deuteronomy 17:9and have come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and have inquired, and they have declared the word of judgment to you,
Psalms 50:16And to the wicked God has said: What to you—to recount My statutes? That you lift up My covenant on your mouth?
Matthew 21:30And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], lord, and did not go;
Romans 2:19and have confidence that you yourself are a leader of blind ones, 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 →