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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 human precepts as doctrines.’ ”(A)
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 The Lord said:
Because these people draw near with their mouths
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me
and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,(A)
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 human precepts as doctrines.’
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 and not to occupy themselves with myths and endless genealogies that promote speculations rather than the divine training[a] that is known by faith.(A)
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- 1.4 Gk the household management of God
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 not paying attention to Jewish myths or to commandments of those who reject the truth.(A)
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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 Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, initiatory visions,[a] puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking,[b] 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with a growth that is from God.(A)
Warnings against False Teachers
20 If with Christ you died to the elemental principles[c] of the world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations,(B) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings.(C)
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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 Minister of Jesus Christ
6 If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant[a] of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching that you have followed.(A) 7 Have nothing to do with profane and foolish tales. Train yourself in godliness,(B)
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- 4.6 Or deacon
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 carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food,[a] which have not benefited those who observe them.(A)
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- 13.9 Gk not by foods
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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 senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?[a]
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- 2.20 Other ancient authorities read dead or empty
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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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False and True Worship
58 Shout out; do not hold back!
Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion,
to the house of Jacob their sins.(A)
2 Yet day after day they seek me
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they want God on their side.[a](B)
3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see?
Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”
Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day
and oppress all your workers.(C)
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- 58.2 Or they delight to draw near to God
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 it was in vain that I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, but he has returned me evil for good.(A)
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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]You must diligently observe everything that I command you; do not add to it or take anything from it.(A)
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- 12.32 13.1 in Heb
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 “You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.(A)
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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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