Matthew 23:3

New International Reader's Version

“So you must be careful to do everything they say. But don’t do what they do. They don’t practice what they preach.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:12

God helped the people of Judah. He helped them agree with one another. So they did what the king and his officials had ordered. They did what the Lord told them to do.

Exodus 18:23

If this is what God wants and if you do it, then you will be able to carry the load. And all these people will go home satisfied.”

Matthew 21:30

“Then the father went to the other son. He said the same thing. The son answered, ‘I will, sir.’ But he did not go.

Matthew 23:2

“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat,” he said.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry. Then they put them on other people’s shoulders. But they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God instead of people!

Romans 13:1

All of you must obey those who rule over you. There are no authorities except the ones God has chosen. Those who now rule have been chosen by God.

Deuteronomy 4:5

I have taught you rules and laws, just as the Lord my God commanded me. Obey them in the land you are entering to take as your very own.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then tell us what he tells you. We will listen and obey.”

2 Timothy 3:5

They will act as if they were serving God. But what they do will show that they have turned their backs on God’s power. Have nothing to do with these people.

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God. But their actions show they don’t know him. They are hated by God. They refuse to obey him. They aren’t fit to do anything good.