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Matthew 23:3
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 · Young's Literal Translation
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Matthew 23:3 in other translations
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
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.
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In context
1 Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,
2 saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;
3 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;
4 for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.
5 `And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
6 they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
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