2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
— Matthew 23:2-3

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Illustration of Matthew 23:1-3 NLT -- Then Jesus spoke to the people and to his followers. Jesus said, "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees have the authority (power) to tell you what the law of Moses says. So you should obey the things they say. You should do all the things they tell you to do. But their lives are not good examples for you to follow. They tell you to do things, but they don't do those things themselves."