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Matthew 15:9
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Matthew 15:9
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9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Matthew 15:9
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Matthew 15:9
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- Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
Isaiah 29:13
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Isaiah 29:13
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13 And the Lord said:
“Because (A)this people (B)draw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
Isaiah 29:13
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Isaiah 29:13
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13 The Lord says:
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- Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules
Mark 7:7
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Mark 7:7
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7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’
Mark 7:7
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Mark 7:7
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- Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
1 Timothy 1:4
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1 Timothy 1:4
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4 nor (A)to devote themselves to myths and endless (B)genealogies, which promote (C)speculations rather than the stewardship[a] from God that is by faith.
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- 1 Timothy 1:4 Or good order
1 Timothy 1:4
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1 Timothy 1:4
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4 or to devote themselves to myths(A) and endless genealogies.(B) Such things promote controversial speculations(C) rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith.
Titus 1:14
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Titus 1:14
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14 (A)not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and (B)the commands of people (C)who turn away from the truth.
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Titus 1:14
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Titus 1:14
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14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths(A) or to the merely human commands(B) of those who reject the truth.(C)
Colossians 2:18-22
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Colossians 2:18-22
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18 Let no one (A)disqualify you, (B)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, (C)going on in detail about visions,[a] (D)puffed up without reason by (E)his sensuous mind, 19 and (F)not (G)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
20 If with Christ (H)you died to the (I)elemental spirits of the world, (J)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 (K)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ((L)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to (M)human precepts and teachings?
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- Colossians 2:18 Or about the things he has seen
Colossians 2:18-22
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Colossians 2:18-22
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18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(A) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(B) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head,(C) from whom the whole body,(D) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(E)
20 Since you died with Christ(F) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(G) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(H) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(I) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(J)
1 Timothy 4:6-7
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1 Timothy 4:6-7
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A Good Servant of Christ Jesus
6 (A)If you put these things before the brothers,[a] you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have (B)followed. 7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, (C)silly myths. Rather (D)train yourself for godliness;
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- 1 Timothy 4:6 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
1 Timothy 4:6-7
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1 Timothy 4:6-7
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6 If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,[a] you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith(A) and of the good teaching that you have followed.(B) 7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales;(C) rather, train yourself to be godly.(D)
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- 1 Timothy 4:6 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
Hebrews 13:9
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Hebrews 13:9
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9 Do not be (A)led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, (B)not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
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Hebrews 13:9
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Hebrews 13:9
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9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(A) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(B) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(C) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(D)
James 2:20
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James 2:20
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20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
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James 2:20
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James 2:20
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- James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
Isaiah 58:1-3
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Isaiah 58:1-3
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True and False Fasting
58 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
(A)lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(B)declare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 (C)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.
3 (D)‘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]
(E)and oppress all your workers.
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- Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business
Isaiah 58:1-3
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Isaiah 58:1-3
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True Fasting
58 “Shout it aloud,(A) do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a trumpet.(B)
Declare to my people their rebellion(C)
and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(D)
2 For day after day they seek(E) me out;
they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
and has not forsaken(F) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
and seem eager for God to come near(G) them.
3 ‘Why have we fasted,’(H) they say,
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(I) ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’(J)
“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(K)
and exploit all your workers.
1 Samuel 25:21
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1 Samuel 25:21
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21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, (A)so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has (B)returned me evil for good.
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1 Samuel 25:21
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1 Samuel 25:21
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21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing.(A) He has paid(B) me back evil(C) for good.
Deuteronomy 12:32
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Deuteronomy 12:32
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32 [a] “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. (A)You shall not add to it or take from it.
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- Deuteronomy 12:32 Ch 13:1 in Hebrew
Deuteronomy 12:32
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Deuteronomy 12:32
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- Deuteronomy 12:32 In Hebrew texts this verse (12:32) is numbered 13:1.
Exodus 20:7
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Exodus 20:7
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7 (A)“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
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Exodus 20:7
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Exodus 20:7
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7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(A)
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