therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.The Pharisees were double-dealing hypocrites, saying to do one thing then finding loopholes so they didn't have to do the same. They set the rules, and therefore knew how to avoid them. It was a textbook case of "do as I say, not as I do."
However, it appears that the root of the rules they gave out must have been good. If they were making things up or taking the real rules to extremes, you would think Jesus would have called them out more forcefully. Instead, He instructed that those rules be followed, even though the rule-makers weren't following them.
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