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Selected Verse: Matthew 23:3 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mt 23:3 |
Strong Concordance |
All [3956] therefore [3767] whatsoever [302] [3745] they bid [2036] you [5213] observe [5083], that observe [5083] and [2532] do [4160]; but [1161] do [4160] not [3361] ye after [2596] their [846] works [2041]: for [1063] they say [3004], and [2532] do [4160] not [3756]. |
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King James |
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
All therefore--that is, all which, as sitting in that seat and teaching out of that law.
they bid you observe, that observe and do--The word "therefore" is thus, it will be seen, of great importance, as limiting those injunctions which He would have them obey to what they fetched from the law itself. In requiring implicit obedience to such injunctions, He would have them to recognize the authority with which they taught over and above the obligations of the law itself--an important principle truly; but He who denounced the traditions of such teachers (Mat 15:3) cannot have meant here to throw His shield over these. It is remarked by WEBSTER and WILKINSON that the warning to beware of the scribes is given by Mark and Luke (Mar 12:38; Luk 20:46) without any qualification: the charge to respect and obey them being reported by Matthew alone, indicating for whom this Gospel was especially written, and the writer's desire to conciliate the Jews. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
All, therefore, whatsoever ... - That is, all that they teach that is consistent with the Law of Moses - all the commands of Moses which they read to you and properly explain. The word "all" could not be taken without such a restriction, for Christ himself accuses them of teaching many things contrary to that law, and of making it void by their traditions, Mat 15:1-6.
They say, and do not - The interpretation which they give to the law is in the main correct, but their lives do not correspond with their teaching. It is not the duty of people to imitate their teachers unless their lives are pure; they are to obey the law of God, and not to frame their lives by the example of evil people. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
All things therefore - Which they read out of the law, and enforce therefrom. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
All therefore whatsoever - That is, all those things which they read out of the law and prophets, and all things which they teach consistently with them. This must be our Lord's meaning: he could not have desired them to do every thing, without restriction, which the Jewish doctors taught; because himself warns his disciples against their false teaching, and testifies that they had made the word of God of none effect by their traditions. See Mat 15:6, etc. Besides, as our Lord speaks here in the past tense - whatsoever they Have commanded, ὁσα ειπωσιν, he may refer to the teaching of a former period, when they taught the way of God in truth, or were much less corrupted than they were now. |
46 Beware [4337] of [575] the scribes [1122], which [3588] desire [2309] to walk [4043] in [1722] long robes [4749], and [2532] love [5368] greetings [783] in [1722] the markets [58], and [2532] the highest seats [4410] in [1722] the synagogues [4864], and [2532] the chief rooms [4411] at [1722] feasts [1173];
38 And [2532] he said [3004] unto them [846] in [1722] his [846] doctrine [1322], Beware [991] of [575] the scribes [1122], which [3588] love [2309] to go [4043] in [1722] long clothing [4749], and [2532] love salutations [783] in [1722] the marketplaces [58],
3 But [1161] he answered [611] and said [2036] unto them [846], Why [1302] do ye [5210] also [2532] transgress [3845] the commandment [1785] of God [2316] by [1223] your [5216] tradition [3862]?
1 Then [5119] came [4334] to Jesus [2424] scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], which were of [575] Jerusalem [2414], saying [3004],
2 Why [1302] do thy [4675] disciples [3101] transgress [3845] the tradition [3862] of the elders [4245]? for [1063] they wash [3538] not [3756] their [846] hands [5495] when [3752] they eat [2068] bread [740].
3 But [1161] he answered [611] and said [2036] unto them [846], Why [1302] do ye [5210] also [2532] transgress [3845] the commandment [1785] of God [2316] by [1223] your [5216] tradition [3862]?
4 For [1063] God [2316] commanded [1781], saying [3004], Honour [5091] thy [4675] father [3962] and [2532] mother [3384]: and [2532], He that curseth [2551] father [3962] or [2228] mother [3384], let him die [5053] the death [2288].
5 But [1161] ye [5210] say [3004], Whosoever [3739] [302] shall say [2036] to his father [3962] or [2228] his mother [3384], It is a gift [1435], by [1537] whatsoever [3739] [1437] thou mightest be profited [5623] by me [1700];
6 And [2532] honour [5091] not [3364] his [846] father [3962] or [2228] his [846] mother [3384], he shall be free. Thus [2532] have ye made [208] the commandment [1785] of God [2316] of none effect [208] by [1223] your [5216] tradition [3862].
6 And [2532] honour [5091] not [3364] his [846] father [3962] or [2228] his [846] mother [3384], he shall be free. Thus [2532] have ye made [208] the commandment [1785] of God [2316] of none effect [208] by [1223] your [5216] tradition [3862].