10 and then come and stand before me in this house, (A)which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations?

Read full chapter

34 They set up (A)their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.

Read full chapter

39 For when (A)they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day (B)they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, (C)this is what they did in my house.

Read full chapter

37 For (A)they have committed adultery, (B)and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even (C)offered up[a] to them for food the children whom they had borne to me.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 23:37 Or have even made pass through the fire

15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes (A)by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and (B)you made a covenant before me in the (C)house that is called by my name,

Read full chapter

The Valley of Slaughter

30 “For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the Lord. They have set (A)their detestable things in the house (B)that is called by my name, to (C)defile it.

Read full chapter

14 therefore I will do to (A)the house (B)that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, (C)as I did to Shiloh.

Read full chapter

11 (A)Has this house, (B)which is called by my name, (C)become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.

Read full chapter

Jesus Before Pilate

28 (A)Then they led Jesus (B)from the house of Caiaphas to (C)the governor's headquarters.[a] It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, (D)so that they would not be defiled, (E)but could eat the Passover.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 18:28 Greek the praetorium

26 Jesus answered, (A)“It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread (B)when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, (C)he gave it to Judas, (D)the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 Then after he had taken the morsel, (E)Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, (F)“What you are going to do, do quickly.”

Read full chapter

18 (A)I am not speaking of all of you; I know (B)whom I have chosen. But (C)the Scripture will be fulfilled,[a] (D)‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 13:18 Greek But in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled

13 “But woe (A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation

29 and (A)they shall deal with you in hatred and take away all the fruit of your labor (B)and leave you naked and bare, and (C)the nakedness of your whoring shall be uncovered. Your lewdness and your whoring

Read full chapter

39 “As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: (A)Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; (B)but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.

Read full chapter

(A)Yet they seek me daily
    and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
    and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
    they delight to draw near to God.
(B)‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
    Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[a]
    (C)and oppress all your workers.
Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
    and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
    will not make your voice to be heard on high.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business

For they call themselves after the holy city,
    (A)and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.

Read full chapter

10 Hear the word of the Lord,
    you rulers of (A)(B)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching[a] of our God,
    you people of (C)Gomorrah!
11 (D)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
    says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
    and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
    or of lambs, or of goats.

12 “When you come to (E)appear before me,
    who has required of you
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
(F)New moon and Sabbath and the (G)calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure (H)iniquity and (I)solemn assembly.
14 Your (J)new moons and your appointed feasts
    my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
    I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (K)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
(L)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    (M)your hands are full of blood.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:10 Or law

14 “I had to (A)offer sacrifices,[a]
    and today I have (B)paid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
    to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:14 Hebrew peace offerings

And (A)the carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, (B)I will put my name forever,

Read full chapter

And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, (A)“In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.”

Read full chapter

(A)And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, (B)“In Jerusalem will I put my name.”

Read full chapter

31 (A)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for (B)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

Read full chapter

(A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends

ESV Student Study Bible--hardcover, floral
ESV Student Study Bible--hardcover, floral
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $21.99
Save: $13.00 (37%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Seek and Find Bible, hardcover
ESV Seek and Find Bible, hardcover
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $9.49
Save: $25.50 (73%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ESV Spiral-Bound Journaling Bible, Hardcover, Five-Volume Set
ESV Spiral-Bound Journaling Bible, Hardcover, Five-Volume Set
Retail: $149.99
Our Price: $98.99
Save: $51.00 (34%)
ESV Economy Bible, Giant Print Softcover
ESV Economy Bible, Giant Print Softcover
Retail: $11.99
Our Price: $7.79
Save: $4.20 (35%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ESV Student Study Bible, Trutone, Turquoise
ESV Student Study Bible, Trutone, Turquoise
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $26.99
Save: $18.00 (40%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars