Matthew 23:3

Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they preach but do not practice.

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In The King James Version

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

In Context

2“The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.

4While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other people’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to talk of my statutes, or take my covenant into your mouth

Matthew 21:30Then the father went to the second son, and said the same. ‘I will not,’ he answered; but afterward he was sorry and went.

Romans 2:19Perhaps you are confident that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in the dark, an instructor of the unintelligent,

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 →

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