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 bread.”

Now listen to me: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You be the people’s representative before God, and you bring the disputes to God,

“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it.

Go near and hear all that the Lord our God says; then speak to us all that the Lord our God speaks to you, and we will hear and do it.’

So you shall come to the Levitical priest or the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall inquire of them and they will declare to you the verdict in the case.

The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Every

person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.

For

The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go.

But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?

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

holding to a form of

godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

General references

then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.