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Matthew 23:3-28
Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practice what they teach.They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.They do everything to be observed by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called‘ Rabbi’ by people.“ But as for you, do not be called‘ Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.And do not be called masters either, because you have one Master, the Messiah.The greatest among you will be your servant.Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.“ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.
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Micah 3:11
Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,“ Isn’t the Lord among us? No disaster will overtake us.”
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Luke 12:47
And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.
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Psalms 50:16-21
But God says to the wicked:“ What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips?You hate instruction and turn your back on My words.When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother’s son.You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.
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Luke 19:22
“ He told him,‘ I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,
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Luke 4:23
Then He said to them,“ No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me:‘ Doctor, heal yourself. So all we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown also.’”
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Galatians 6:13
For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.
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Ezekiel 22:27
“ Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
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Isaiah 56:11
These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own gain.
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Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,asking,“ When will the New Moon be over so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so we may market wheat? We can reduce the measure while increasing the price and cheat with dishonest scales.We can buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and even sell the chaff!”
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Ezekiel 22:12-13
People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten Me.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.“ Now look, I clap My hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.
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1 Corinthians 9 27
Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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Matthew 21:13
And He said to them,“ It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you are making it a den of thieves!”
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Titus 2:1-7
But you must say the things that are consistent with sound teaching.Older men are to be level headed, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good,so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlledin everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.
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Luke 11:46
Then He said:“ Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves don’t touch these burdens with one of your fingers.