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OET (OET-LV) Therefore all things as_much_as wishfully they_may_tell to_you_all, do and be_keeping, but be_ not _doing according_to the works of_them, because/for they_are_speaking and they_are_ not _doing.
OET (OET-RV) Because of that, do everything they tell you to do and obey all the commandments they tell you to obey. However, don’t follow what they do, because they’re only good at telling and not at doing.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
πάντα & ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπωσιν
all_‹things› & as_much_as (Some words not found in SR-GNT: πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἂν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν ποιήσατε καὶ τηρεῖτε κατὰ δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν μὴ ποιεῖτε λέγουσιν γὰρ καὶ οὐ ποιοῦσιν)
The expression everything, as much as they say contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in some languages. If this is true of your language, you could shorten the expression. Alternate translation: “everything that they say”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
ποιήσατε, καὶ τηρεῖτε
do and /be/_keeping
The terms do and keep mean similar things. Jesus is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “obey”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
κατὰ & τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν, μὴ ποιεῖτε; λέγουσιν γὰρ καὶ οὐ ποιοῦσιν
according_to & the works ˱of˲_them not /be/_doing ˱they˲_/are/_speaking for and not ˱they˲_/are/_doing
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second and third clauses give the reason for the result that the first clause describes. Alternate translation: “they say and do not do, so do not do according to their works”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν
the works ˱of˲_them
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of works, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what they do”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
λέγουσιν & καὶ οὐ ποιοῦσιν
˱they˲_/are/_speaking & and not ˱they˲_/are/_doing
Here Jesus implies that the Pharisees and scribes say what to do, but they themselves do not do what they say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “they say what to do and do not do what they say”
Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
(Occurrence 2) καὶ
and
Here, the word and introduces what the Pharisees and scribes actually do in contrast with what they say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast. Alternate translation: “but”
23:3 practice and obey: This was not a blanket endorsement of all that the Pharisees teach (see 15:1-20; 16:5-12; 23:13-39). It might refer only to what was in accord with the law of Moses, or it might be bitter irony or sarcasm. Jesus might also have been counseling conformity to the Pharisees’ teachings to avoid giving offense (17:24-27).
OET (OET-LV) Therefore all things as_much_as wishfully they_may_tell to_you_all, do and be_keeping, but be_ not _doing according_to the works of_them, because/for they_are_speaking and they_are_ not _doing.
OET (OET-RV) Because of that, do everything they tell you to do and obey all the commandments they tell you to obey. However, don’t follow what they do, because they’re only good at telling and not at doing.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.