Matthew 23:3

New International Version

So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

Cross References

2 Timothy 3:5

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!

Romans 13:1

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

Matthew 21:30

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

2 Chronicles 30:12

Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says. Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”

Deuteronomy 4:5

See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”

Matthew 23:2

“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.