16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,

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16 But to the wicked person, God says:

“What right have you to recite my laws
    or take my covenant(A) on your lips?(B)

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Therefore whatever they tell you [a]to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for (A)they say, and do not do.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:3 NU omits to observe

So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

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