Matthew 23:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:12

And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.

Matthew 21:30

And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.

Matthew 23:2

The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;

Matthew 23:4

They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

Romans 13:1

Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

Deuteronomy 4:5

I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.

2 Timothy 3:5

Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

Titus 1:16

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.