And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not returned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says Jehovah.

I Jehovah search the heart, I examine the soul, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; the children of foreigners shall cower before me.

Perverse speech has prevailed against me; as for our transgressions, You shall atone for them.

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I be inquired of at all by them?

Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I, Jehovah will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,

So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they act out love, but their hearts go after their unjust gain.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His words.

Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Do not be led astray, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

The censers of these men who sinned against their own souls, let them be made into broad plates as a covering for the altar; because they presented them before Jehovah, therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.