Matthew 23:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Whatsoever

For

Titus 1:16

General references

Deuteronomy 19:17

Bible References

Whatsoever

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

Now listen to my voice; I will advise you, and may God be with you. You be for the people before God, and you bring the issues to God.

See, I now teach you rules and regulations [just] as Yahweh my God has commanded me, to observe [them] [just] so in the midst of the land where you [are] going, to take possession of it.

[You] go near and hear {everything} that Yahweh our God will say; and [then] you tell us all that Yahweh our God tells you, and we will listen, and we will do [it].'

then you shall go to the priests and the Levites and to the judge who will be [in office] in those days, and you shall enquire, and they shall announce to you {the verdict}.

The hand of God was also upon Judah, to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and the princes concerning the word of Yahweh.

But Peter and the apostles answered [and] said, "It is necessary to obey God rather than men!

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for [there] is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.

For

And [he] approached the second [and] said the same [thing]. So he answered [and] said, 'I [will], sir,' and he did not go.

But to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth},

and are confident [that] you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,

maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these [people].

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny [him], [because they] are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed.

General references

then the two men {to whom the legal dispute pertains} shall stand {before} Yahweh, {before} the priests and the judges who are [in office] in those days.