“All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.”
So do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. The distinction between what the Pharisees say (observe) and what they do (do not imitate): the teaching may be correct even when the teacher's life does not model it. The do and observe their teaching is qualified by the do not do their works — follow the substance, not the example.
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