Matthew 23:3

New Living Translation

So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:12

At the same time, God’s hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials, who were following the word of the Lord.

Exodus 18:23

If you follow this advice, and if God commands you to do so, then you will be able to endure the pressures, and all these people will go home in peace.”

Matthew 21:30

Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t go.

Matthew 23:2

“The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.

Matthew 23:4

They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.

Romans 13:1

Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.

Deuteronomy 4:5

“Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Go yourself and listen to what the Lord our God says. Then come and tell us everything he tells you, and we will listen and obey.’

2 Timothy 3:5

They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

Titus 1:16

Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.