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highlighted Matthew 23:24 NLT
Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:23 NLT
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:22 NLT
And when you swear ‘by heaven,’ you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:21 NLT
And when you swear ‘by the Temple,’ you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:20 NLT
When you swear ‘by the altar,’ you are swearing by it and by everything on it.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:19 NLT
How blind! For which is more important—the gift on the altar or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:18 NLT
And you say that to swear ‘by the altar’ is not binding, but to swear ‘by the gifts on the altar’ is binding.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:17 NLT
Blind fools! Which is more important—the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:16 NLT
“Blind guides! What sorrow awaits you! For you say that it means nothing to swear ‘by God’s Temple,’ but that it is binding to swear ‘by the gold in the Temple.’
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:15 NLT
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn that person into twice the child of hell you yourselves are!
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:13 NLT
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:12 NLT
But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:10 NLT
And don’t let anyone call you ‘Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:9 NLT
And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:8 NLT
“Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:7 NLT
They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:6 NLT
And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:5 NLT
“Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.
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Pmartinscosta99
highlighted Matthew 23:4 NLT
They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.
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