So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Cross References
Matthew 23:2"The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
Matthew 23:4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Romans 2:21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Treasury of Scripture
All therefore whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not you after their works: for they say, and do not.
whatsoever.
Matthew 15:2-9
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread…
Exodus 18:19,20,23
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: …
Deuteronomy 4:5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
for.
Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Psalm 50:16-20
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? …
Romans 2:19-24
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, …
