Bible verse
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Matthew 23:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 23.
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
2 “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
4 They 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.
5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
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.
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.
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