Matthew 23:3

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

Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said: "We must obey God rather than men.

Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but from God: the authorities that are, have been appointed by God.

And he came to the other, and spoke to him in like manner. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not.

if you are also confident that you yourself are a guide for the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

having a form of godliness, but denying its power: from these also turn away.

They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.