Scribes and Pharisees may sit in Moses' seat, but their hypocrisy should not be imitated.

Matthew 23:1–3

¹Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

²Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

³All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.