"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do [the] things which I say?

A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell alongside the road; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it.

And other [seed] fell among thorns, and when the thorns grew up with it, they choked it.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'

Nevertheless bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay [them] before me.'"

[As for] the word which you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you.

For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. And [so] we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.

They approach you as a people that come together, and sit before you, and hear your words, but they will not do them; for [there is] falsehood in their mouth, and their heart [goes] after their pollutions.

"But he answered and said, 'I will not,' but later he regretted it and went.

And having come to the other, he said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I [am going], sir,' but he did not go.

Therefore whatever they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

Every branch in Me which does not bear fruit He takes away; and every [branch] which bears fruit He prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

But become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

for he observed himself and has gone away, and immediately forgot what sort of [man] he was.

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart, the religion of this [man] is useless.

Thus also that faith, if it does not have works, is dead, [being] by itself

You believe God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe--and they shudder!

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called a friend of God.

Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by means of works, when she received the messengers and sent [them] out another way?

But also [for] this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,

and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.

For [he] who lacks these things is blind, being shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his past sins.

Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

He who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

But the [seed] sown on stony ground, is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

But the [seed] sown in the thorns is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches chokes out the word, and it becomes fruitless.

And then many will fall away, and they will betray one another, and they will hate one another.

For I know this, that savage wolves will come in after my departure, not sparing the flock.

And I punished them often in all the synagogues, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even as far as to foreign cities.

Because of this, when I could no longer endure [it], I sent to learn about your faith, lest somehow the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain.

He that walks justly is assisted, but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled [therein].

And I will not visit upon your daughters when they shall commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they shall commit adultery: for they themselves mingled themselves with harlots, and sacrificed with polluted ones, and the people that understood not entangled itself with a harlot.

"When an unclean spirit goes out from a man, he goes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find [any].

Then he goes and takes along with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Thus it shall also be for this wicked generation."

and they have no root in themselves, but are shortlived. Afterward, when trials or persecution arise because of the word, immediately they fall away.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but [they went out] in order that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.

Nevertheless it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through waterless places, seeking rest; and not finding [any], he says, 'I will return to my house from where I came out.'

Then he goes and takes along seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."

And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not get ready or do according to his will, shall be beaten [with] many [blows].

For if we sin willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Anyone disregarding the law of Moses dies without compassions on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.

For if having escaped from the corruptions of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, yet by these, having become entangled they are defeated, the latter end has become worse for them than the first.