² “The teachers of the law^(A) and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

³ 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.

Submission to Governing Authorities

13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities,^(A) for there is no authority except that which God has established.^(B) The authorities that exist have been established by God.

¹³ Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:^(A) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,

¹⁴ or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong^(A) and to commend those who do right.^(B)