Matthew 23:3
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not all of you after their works: for they say, and do not.
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2Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Cross References
Exodus 18:19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you: Be you for the people toward God, that you may bring the causes unto God:
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that all of you should do so in the land where all of you go to possess it.
Deuteronomy 17:9And you shall come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment:
Psalms 50:16But unto the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?
Matthew 21:30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Romans 2:19And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of them which are 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 →