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.


In Context

1 THEN Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

2 Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.

3 All 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.

4 For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.

5 And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not 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.