Romans 2:21
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21 (A)you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
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1 Corinthians 9:27
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27 But I discipline my body and (A)keep it under control,[a] lest after preaching to others (B)I myself should be (C)disqualified.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave
Matthew 23:3-28
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3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, (A)but not the works they do. (B)For they preach, but do not practice. 4 (C)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 (D)They do all their deeds (E)to be seen by others. For they make (F)their phylacteries broad and (G)their fringes long, 6 and they (H)love the place of honor at feasts and (I)the best seats in the synagogues 7 and (J)greetings in (K)the marketplaces and being called (L)rabbi[b] by others. 8 (M)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are (N)all brothers.[c] 9 (O)And call no man your father on earth, for (P)you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, (Q)the Christ. 11 (R)The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (S)Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 “But woe (T)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (U)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (V)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[d] 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single (W)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a (X)child of (Y)hell[e] as yourselves.
16 “Woe to (Z)you, (AA)blind guides, who say, (AB)‘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 (AC)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 (AD)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or (AE)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 (AF)him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by (AG)heaven swears by (AH)the throne of God and by (AI)him who sits upon it.
23 (AJ)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (AK)you tithe mint and dill and (AL)cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: (AM)justice and mercy and faithfulness. (AN)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing (AO)a camel!
25 (AP)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (AQ)you clean the outside of (AR)the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of (AS)greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of (AT)the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 (AU)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like (AV)whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and (AW)all uncleanness. 28 So you also (AX)outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of (AY)hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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- Matthew 23:4 Some manuscripts omit hard to bear
- Matthew 23:7 Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8
- Matthew 23:8 Or brothers and sisters
- Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation
- Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33
Titus 2:1-7
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Teach Sound Doctrine
2 But as for you, teach what accords with (A)sound[a] doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, (B)sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 (C)Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, (D)not slanderers (E)or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, (F)pure, (G)working at home, kind, and (H)submissive to their own husbands, (I)that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge (J)the younger men to be self-controlled. 7 Show yourself in all respects to be (K)a model of good works, and in your teaching (L)show integrity, (M)dignity,
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Luke 11:46
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46 And he said, “Woe to you (A)lawyers also! For (B)you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
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Psalm 50:16-21
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16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 (A)For you hate discipline,
(B)and you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, (C)you are pleased with him,
(D)and you keep company with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
(E)and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother's son.
21 These things you have done, and I (F)have been silent;
you thought that I[a] was one like yourself.
But now I (G)rebuke you and (H)lay the charge before you.
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- Psalm 50:21 Or that the I am
Luke 19:22
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22 He said to him, (A)‘I will condemn you with your own words, (B)you wicked servant! You knew that I was (C)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
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Luke 4:23
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23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, (A)‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did (B)at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”
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Matthew 21:13
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13 He said to them, “It is written, (A)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but (B)you make it a den of robbers.”
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Amos 8:4-6
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4 Hear this, (A)you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will (B)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (C)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (D)the ephah small and the shekel[a] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for (E)silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
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- Amos 8:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Ezekiel 22:27
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27 (A)Her princes in her midst are like wolves (B)tearing the prey, (C)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
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Ezekiel 22:12-13
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12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take interest and profit[a] and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but (C)me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.
13 “Behold, (D)I strike my hand at (E)the dishonest gain that you have made, and at (F)the blood that has been in your midst.
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- Ezekiel 22:12 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)
Galatians 6:13
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13 For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
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Isaiah 56:11
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11 (A)The dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But (B)they are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
(C)each to his own gain, one and all.
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