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He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
