Matthew 23:3
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
KJV
πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν ποιήσατε καὶ τηρεῖτε, κατὰ δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν μὴ ποιεῖτε· λέγουσιν γὰρ καὶ οὐ ποιοῦσιν.
Greek NT
Omnia ergo quæcumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite : secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere : dicunt enim, et non faciunt.
Vulgate
all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.
ASV
All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not. For they say, and do not.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐὰν | WH/NIV/RP: ἐὰν | Treg: ἂν
- ἐὰν — SBLGNT
- ἐὰν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἂν — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ποιήσατε καὶ τηρεῖτε | WH/Treg/NIV: ποιήσατε καὶ τηρεῖτε | RP: τηρεῖν τηρεῖτε καὶ ποιεῖτε
- ποιήσατε καὶ τηρεῖτε — SBLGNT
- ποιήσατε καὶ τηρεῖτε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τηρεῖν τηρεῖτε καὶ ποιεῖτε — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 9.—What the Reign of the Saints with Christ for a Thousand Years Is, and How It Differs from the Eternal Kingdom. But while the devil is bound, the saints reign with Christ during the same thousand years, understood in the same way, that is, of the time of His first coming.13541354 Between His first and second coming. For, leaving out of account that kingdom concerning …
Chapter 1.— This Work Not Intended as a Treatise on Rhetoric. 1. This work of mine, which is entitled On Christian Doctrine, was at the commencement divided into two parts. For, after a preface, in which I answered by anticipation those who were likely to take exception to the work, I said, There are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascer…
Abba Poemen said, "A man who teaches but does not practice what he teaches is like a spring that cleanses and gives drink to everyone, but is not able to purify itself."
Cross-references
- 2Chr 30:12 — Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
- 2Tim 3:5 — Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
- Acts 5:29 — Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- Deut 5:1 — And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
- Deut 17:9 — And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
- Gal 6:13 — For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
- Luke 6:49 — But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that h
- Matt 21:30 — And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
- Matt 21:30 — And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
- Ps 50:16 — But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
- Rom 2:19 — And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
- Rom 2:21 — Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
- Rom 13:1 — Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
- Titus 1:16 — They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.