Mat 23:3-4 | ESV | STEP | so do and observe whatever they tell you , but not the works they do . For they preach , but do not practice .

c Luke 11:46; [ch. 11:28-30; Acts 15:10]

Matthew 23:3-4

3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, ^abut not the works they do. ^bFor they preach, but do not practice. 4 ^cThey tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit hard to bear} and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.