Matthew 23:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.”
King James Version · Public Domain“all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 23:3 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Exodus 18:23If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
- 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 5:27Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
- 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 15:2“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- 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.
- Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
- Romans 13:1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
- 2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
- Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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