Matthew 23:3

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So observe and practice all they tell you; but do not do what they do, for they preach, but do not practice.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:12

Also the hand of God came upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

Exodus 18:23

If you will do this, and God so commands you, you will be able to endure [the strain], and all these people also will go to their [tents] in peace.

Matthew 21:30

Then the man came to the second and said the same [thing]. And he replied, I will [go], sir; but he did not go.

Matthew 23:2

The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses' seat [of authority].

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy loads, hard to bear, and place them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger to help bear them.

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men.

Romans 13:1

LET EVERY person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authorities. For there is no authority except from God [by His permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God's appointment. [Prov. 8:15.]

Deuteronomy 4:5

Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land which you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Go near [Moses] and hear all that the Lord our God will say. And speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you; and we will hear and do it.

2 Timothy 3:5

For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them].

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God [to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him], but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and [they are] unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind.