who serve in the LORD’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.
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TSK · Luke 18:11
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They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah.
They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied,“Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,
They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.