39 (A)Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but (B)your inward part is full of [a]greed and wickedness.

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  1. Luke 11:39 Lit. eager grasping or robbery

(A)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (C)purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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15 (A)To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

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21 You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your (A)heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God (B)if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are (C)poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

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(A)But Peter said, “Ananias, why has (B)Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?

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19 (A)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

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You Will Know Them by Their Fruits(A)

15 (B)“Beware of false prophets, (C)who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

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12 There is a generation (A)that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

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Then [a]the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (A)intent[b] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil [c]continually.

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  1. Genesis 6:5 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. God; LXX Lord God
  2. Genesis 6:5 thought
  3. Genesis 6:5 all the day

14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, (A)being more exceedingly zealous (B)for the traditions of my fathers.

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This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and (A)had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

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15 And He said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves (B)before men, but (C)God knows your hearts. For (D)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

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13 When the Lord saw her, He had (A)compassion on her and said to her, (B)“Do not weep.”

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25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and [a]self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

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  1. Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness

A Tree Known by Its Fruit(A)

33 “Either make the tree good and (B)its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 (C)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (D)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure [b]of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

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  1. Matthew 12:34 Offspring
  2. Matthew 12:35 NU, M omit of his heart

(A)Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are (B)evening wolves
That leave not a bone till morning.

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27 Her (A)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [a]people, and to get dishonest gain.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls

25 (A)The conspiracy of her [a]prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they (B)have devoured [b]people; (C)they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:25 So with MT, Vg.; LXX princes; Tg. scribes
  2. Ezekiel 22:25 Lit. souls

14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

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25 (A)When [a]he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart;

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  1. Proverbs 26:25 Lit. his voice is gracious

13 (A)They [a]gape at Me with their mouths,
Like a raging and roaring lion.

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  1. Psalm 22:13 Lit. have opened their mouths at Me

20 Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he (A)did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he (B)prospered.

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And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, (A)but not with a loyal heart.

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(A)having a form of godliness but (B)denying its power. And (C)from such people turn away!

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And [a]supper being ended, (A)the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him,

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  1. John 13:2 NU during supper

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