Bible Cross References
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Psalm 94:8
My people, how can you be such stupid fools? When will you ever learn?
Isaiah 27:11
The branches of the trees are withered and broken, and women gather them for firewood. Because the people have understood nothing, God their Creator will not pity them or show them any mercy.
Jeremiah 4:22
The LORD says, "My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are like foolish children; they have no understanding. They are experts at doing what is evil, but failures at doing what is good."
Matthew 23:17-39
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Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
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You also teach, 'If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.'
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How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?
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So then, when a person swears by the altar, he is swearing by it and by all the gifts on it;
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and when he swears by the Temple, he is swearing by it and by God, who lives there;
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and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.
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"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You give to God one tenth even of the seasoning herbs, such as mint, dill, and cumin, but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such as justice and mercy and honesty. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.
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Blind guides! You strain a fly out of your drink, but swallow a camel!
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"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.
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Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!
27
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside.
28
In the same way, on the outside you appear good to everybody, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins.
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"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You make fine tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of those who lived good lives;
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and you claim that if you had lived during the time of your ancestors, you would not have done what they did and killed the prophets.
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So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!
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Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started!
33
You snakes and children of snakes! How do you expect to escape from being condemned to hell?
34
And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town.
35
As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
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I tell you indeed: the punishment for all these murders will fall on the people of this day!
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"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!
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And so your Temple will be abandoned and empty.
39
From now on, I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord.' "
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Psalm 27:2
When evil people attack me and try to kill me, they stumble and fall.
Jeremiah 10:25
Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you and on the people who reject you. They have killed your people; they have destroyed us completely and left our country in ruins.
Revelation 17:16
The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute; they will take away everything she has and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire.