Matthew 7:29
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29 (A)for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
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Luke 20:8
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8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
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Hebrews 4:12-13
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12 For (A)the word of God is living and (B)active, (C)sharper than any (D)two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and (E)discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And (F)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are (G)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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Mark 7:5-13
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5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to (A)the tradition of (B)the elders, (C)but eat with (D)defiled hands?” 6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you (E)hypocrites, as it is written,
(F)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (G)doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of (H)rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, (I)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (J)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)[a]— 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus (K)making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
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- Mark 7:11 Or an offering
Isaiah 50:4
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4 The Lord God has given (A)me
the tongue of those who are taught,
that (B)I may know how to sustain with a word
(C)him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.
Deuteronomy 18:18-19
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18 (A)I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. (B)And I will put my words in his mouth, and (C)he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 (D)And whoever will (E)not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
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Acts 6:10
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10 But (A)they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
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Acts 3:22-23
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22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you (A)a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen (B)to him in whatever he tells you. 23 And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet (C)shall be destroyed from the people.’
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Luke 21:15
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15 for (A)I will give you a mouth and (B)wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or (C)contradict.
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Luke 20:46-47
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46 “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and (A)the places of honor at feasts, 47 (B)who devour widows' houses and (C)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
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Matthew 28:18
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18 And Jesus came and said to them, (A)“All authority (B)in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Matthew 23:15-24
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15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single (A)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a (B)child of (C)hell[a] as yourselves.
16 “Woe to (D)you, (E)blind guides, who say, (F)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or (G)the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by (H)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or (I)the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by (J)him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by (K)heaven swears by (L)the throne of God and by (M)him who sits upon it.
23 (N)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (O)you tithe mint and dill and (P)cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: (Q)justice and mercy and faithfulness. (R)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing (S)a camel!
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- Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33
Matthew 23:2-6
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2 (A)“The scribes and the Pharisees (B)sit on Moses' seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, (C)but not the works they do. (D)For they preach, but do not practice. 4 (E)They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,[a] and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 (F)They do all their deeds (G)to be seen by others. For they make (H)their phylacteries broad and (I)their fringes long, 6 and they (J)love the place of honor at feasts and (K)the best seats in the synagogues
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- Matthew 23:4 Some manuscripts omit hard to bear
Matthew 21:23-27
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The Authority of Jesus Challenged
23 (A)And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him (B)as he was teaching, and said, (C)“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24 Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, (D)from where did it come? (E)From heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, (F)‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From man,’ (G)we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was (H)a prophet.” 27 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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Matthew 15:1-9
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Traditions and Commandments
15 (A)Then Pharisees and (B)scribes came to Jesus (C)from Jerusalem and said, 2 (D)“Why do your disciples break (E)the tradition of the elders? (F)For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, (G)‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, (H)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,”[a] 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have (I)made void the word[b] of God. 7 (J)You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
8 (K)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (L)doctrines the commandments of men.’”
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- Matthew 15:5 Or is an offering
- Matthew 15:6 Some manuscripts law
Matthew 5:44
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44 But I say to you, (A)Love your enemies and (B)pray for those who persecute you,
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Matthew 5:32
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32 (A)But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and (B)whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say to you that (A)everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Matthew 5:20
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20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds (A)that of the scribes and Pharisees, you (B)will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Micah 3:8
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8 But as for me, (A)I am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob (B)his transgression
and to Israel his sin.
Jeremiah 23:28-29
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Ecclesiastes 8:4
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4 For the word of the king is supreme, and (A)who may say to him, “What are you doing?”
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