Matthew 23:3

New Century Version

So you should obey and follow whatever they tell you, but their lives are not good examples for you to follow. They tell you to do things, but they themselves don’t do them.

Cross References

2 Timothy 3:5

and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people.

Titus 1:16

They say they know God, but their actions show they do not accept him. They are hateful people, they refuse to obey, and they are useless for doing anything good.

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God, not human authority!

Romans 13:1

All of you must yield to the government rulers. No one rules unless God has given him the power to rule, and no one rules now without that power from God.

Matthew 21:30

Then the father went to the other son and said, ‘Son, go and work today in my vineyard.’ The son answered, ‘Yes, sir, I will go and work,’ but he did not go.

2 Chronicles 30:12

And God united all the people of Judah in obeying King Hezekiah and his officers, because their command had come from the Lord.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Moses, you go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then you tell us what the Lord our God tells you, and we will listen and obey.”

Deuteronomy 4:5

Look, I have taught you the laws and rules the Lord my God commanded me. Now you can obey the laws in the land you are entering, in the land you will take.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this as God commands you, then you will be able to do your job, and all the people will go home with their disagreements solved.”

Matthew 23:2

“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees have the authority to tell you what the law of Moses says.

Matthew 23:4

They make strict rules and try to force people to obey them, but they are unwilling to help those who struggle under the weight of their rules.