Matthew 23:3 Parallel Translations

So be careful to do everything they tell you. But don't follow their example, because they don't practice what they preach.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

ASV:

all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

BBE:

All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

DBY:

all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not,

ERV:

all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

WEY:

Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves.

WBS:

All therefore, whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but do not ye according to their works: for they say, and do not.

WEB:

All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.

YLT:

all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

Matthew 23:3 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 23:2 saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;

Matthew 23:4 "They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:3 {b} All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
(b) Provided always that they deliver the doctrine of Moses which they profess, which thing the metaphor of the seat shows, which they occupied as teachers of Moses' teaching.

PNT:

23:3 Whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do. While in Moses' seat, presenting the law of Moses. He has elsewhere taught that the traditions they added were to be rejected (Mt 15:3-6).
Do not ye after their works. Do not follow their examples. The law of Moses was still in force, for the Christian dispensation was not ushered in until Christ died, and hence was still to be obeyed, but the wicked example of its teachers was to be rejected.

WES:

23:3 All things therefore - Which they read out of the law, and enforce therefrom.

MHC:

23:1-12 The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge according to outward appearance; but God searches the heart. They made phylacteries. These were scrolls of paper or parchment, wherein were written four paragraphs of the law, to be worn on their foreheads and left arms, Ex 13:2-10; 13:11-16; De 6:4-9; 11:13-21. They made these phylacteries broad, that they might be thought more zealous for the law than others. God appointed the Jews to make fringes upon their garments, Nu 15:38, to remind them of their being a peculiar people; but the Pharisees made them larger than common, as if they were thereby more religious than others. Pride was the darling, reigning sin of the Pharisees, the sin that most easily beset them, and which our Lord Jesus takes all occasions to speak against. For him that is taught in the word to give respect to him that teaches, is commendable; but for him that teaches, to demand it, to be puffed up with it, is sinful. How much is all this against the spirit of Christianity! The consistent disciple of Christ is pained by being put into chief places. But who that looks around on the visible church, would think this was the spirit required? It is plain that some measure of this antichristian spirit prevails in every religious society, and in every one of our hearts.

CONC:

Bid Command Deeds Example Imitate Observe Orders Practice Preach Themselves Though Whatever Whatsoever Works

Bid Command Deeds Imitate Obey Observe Orders Others Practice Preach Themselves Whatever Whatsoever Works

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