3all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not,


In Context

1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,

2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:

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

4 but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

5 And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments,

Matthew 23:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:3So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:3All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:3all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:3all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3All therefore, whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but do not ye according to their works: for they say, and do not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3all, 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3All therefore whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not you after their works: for they say, and do not.