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Listen to Matthew 11:29, Romans 4:1-6, Matthew 13:3-8, Matthew 13:18-23, Matthew 7:21-27, James 2:17, Matthew 7:1-5AudioPrint PrintSettingsSettingsShare ShareParallelParallelExpandExpandCollapse

Matthew 11:29  New International Version

29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(A) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(B)

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Cross references

  1. Matthew 11:29 : Jn 13:15; Php 2:5; 1Pe 2:21; 1Jn 2:6
  2. Matthew 11:29 : Ps 116:7; Jer 6:16
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Romans 4:1-6  New International Version

Abraham Justified by Faith

4 What then shall we say(A) that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh,(B) discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.(C) 3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](D)

4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift(E) but as an obligation. 5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(F) 6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22

Cross references

  1. Romans 4:1 : S Ro 8:31
  2. Romans 4:1 : S Lk 3:8
  3. Romans 4:2 : 1Co 1:31
  4. Romans 4:3 : ver 5, 9, 22; Ge 15:6; Gal 3:6; Jas 2:23
  5. Romans 4:4 : Ro 11:6
  6. Romans 4:5 : ver 3, 9, 22; S Ro 9:30
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Matthew 13:3-8  New International Version

3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred,(A) sixty or thirty times what was sown.

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  1. Matthew 13:8 : Ge 26:12
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Matthew 13:18-23  New International Version

18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom(A) and does not understand it, the evil one(B) comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.(C) 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth(D) choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”(E)

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Cross references

  1. Matthew 13:19 : Mt 4:23
  2. Matthew 13:19 : S Mt 5:37
  3. Matthew 13:21 : Mt 11:6; 26:31
  4. Matthew 13:22 : Mt 19:23; 1Ti 6:9, 10, 17
  5. Matthew 13:23 : ver 8
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Matthew 7:21-27  New International Version

True and False Disciples

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’(A) will enter the kingdom of heaven,(B) but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.(C) 22 Many will say to me on that day,(D) ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’(E) 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’(F)

The Wise and Foolish Builders(G)

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice(H) is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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Cross references

  1. Matthew 7:21 : Hos 8:2; Mt 25:11; S Jn 13:13; 1Co 12:3
  2. Matthew 7:21 : S Mt 3:2
  3. Matthew 7:21 : Mt 12:50; Ro 2:13; Jas 1:22; 1Jn 3:18
  4. Matthew 7:22 : S Mt 10:15
  5. Matthew 7:22 : Lk 10:20; Ac 19:13; 1Co 13:1-3
  6. Matthew 7:23 : Ps 6:8; Mt 25:12, 41; Lk 13:25-27
  7. Matthew 7:24 : 7:24-27pp — Lk 6:47-49
  8. Matthew 7:24 : ver 21; Jas 1:22-25
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James 2:17  New International Version

17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.(A)

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  1. James 2:17 : ver 20, 26; Gal 5:6
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Matthew 7:1-5  New International Version

Judging Others(A)

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.(B) 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(C)

3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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Cross references

  1. Matthew 7:1 : 7:3-5pp — Lk 6:41, 42
  2. Matthew 7:1 : Lk 6:37; Ro 14:4, 10, 13; 1Co 4:5; 5:12; Jas 4:11, 12
  3. Matthew 7:2 : Eze 35:11; Mk 4:24; Lk 6:38; Ro 2:1
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