Matthew 23:3 Cross References - Bishops

³ All therfore, whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and do: but do not ye after their workes, for they say, and do not

¹⁹ Heare therfore nowe my voyce, and I wyll geue thee councell, and God shalbe with thee: Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde, that thou mayest bring the causes vnto God ²⁰ And thou shalt teache them ordinaunces and lawes, and shew them the way wherein they must walke, & the worke that they must do

²³ If thou shalt do this thing, and God charge thee withall, thou shalt be able to endure, and yet the people shall come to their place in peace

⁵ Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes, such as the Lorde my God comaunded me, that ye should do euen so in the lande whither ye go to possesse it

²⁷ Go thou and heare all that the Lorde our God sayth, and tell thou vnto vs all that the Lord our God sayth vnto thee, and we wyll heare it, and do it

⁹ And come vnto the priestes the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shalbe in those dayes, and aske: and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement ¹⁰ And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place (which the Lord had chosen) shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to do accordyng to all that they enfourme thee ¹¹ Accordyng to the sentence of the lawe which they tell thee, shalt thou do: and bowe not from that which they shewe thee, neither to the right hande nor to the left ¹² And that man that wyll do presumptuously, and wyll not hearken vnto the priest (that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to minister) or vnto the iudge: that man shall dye, and thou shalt put away euyll from Israel

¹² And the hande of God was in Iuda, and he gaue them one heart to do the commmaundement of the king and of the rulers, according to the worde of the Lorde

¹⁶ But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly: why doest thou preache my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth ¹⁷ Seyng that thou hatest discipline: and hast cast my wordes behynde thee ¹⁸ When thou sawest a thiefe, thou dydst consent vnto hym: and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers ¹⁹ Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt ²⁰ Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother: yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne

² Why do thy disciples transgresse the traditions of the elders? for they washe not their handes when they eate bread ³ But he aunswered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse the commaundement of God, by your tradition ⁴ For God comaunded, saying: honour father and mother, and he that curseth father or mother, let hym dye the death ⁵ But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that [is offered] of me, thou shalt be helped ⁶ And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God, of none effect, by your tradition ⁷ Hypocrites, full well dyd Esayas prophecie of you, saying ⁸ This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lippes: howbeit, their hearts are farre from me ⁹ But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men

³⁰ Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not

²⁹ Then Peter and the other Apostles aunswered, and sayde: We ought more to obey God then men

¹⁹ And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde, a lyght of them which are in darknesse ²⁰ An infourmer of them whiche lacke discretion, a teacher of the vnlearned: which hast the fourme of knowledge, & of the trueth in the lawe ²¹ Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest not thy selfe? Thou preachest a man shoulde not steale, yet thou stealest ²² Thou that sayest a man shoulde not commit adulterie, breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest idoles, and yet robbest God of his honour ²³ Thou that makest thy boast of ye lawe, through breakyng the lawe dishonorest God ²⁴ For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles, through you: As it is written

¹ Let euery soule be subiect vnto the hyer powers: For there is no power but of god. The powers that be, are ordeyned of God

⁵ Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse, but denying the power therof: turne away from these

¹⁶ They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate