Matthew 21:27

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So they answered Jesus, 'We do not know.' Then he said to them, 'Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.'

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  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed."
  • Isa 28:9 : 9 Who is He trying to teach knowledge to? Who is He explaining His message to? To those just weaned from milk, those just taken from the breast?
  • Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes—the prophets; He has covered your heads—the seers. 11 The entire vision is to you like the words of a sealed book. If it is given to one who can read and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they respond, 'I cannot, for it is sealed.' 12 Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'
  • Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as my dedicated one, or as blind as the servant of the LORD? 20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.
  • Isa 56:10-11 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep. 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.
  • Jer 8:7-9 : 7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane—they observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the LORD. 8 How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us,’ when the false pen of the scribes has produced lies? 9 The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
  • Mal 2:6-9 : 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. 8 But you have turned aside from the way, and by your teaching have caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant with Levi, says the Lord of Hosts. 9 So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
  • Matt 16:3 : 3 In the morning, you say, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and overcast.' Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you cannot discern the signs of the times.
  • Matt 23:16-28 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' 17 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is obligated.' 19 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar swears by it and everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others. 24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all impurity. 28 So too, on the outside you appear righteous to people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
  • Luke 20:7-8 : 7 So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8 And Jesus said to them, 'Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.'
  • John 9:30 : 30 The man answered, 'This is remarkable! You do not know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!'
  • John 9:40-41 : 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this and asked, 'Are we also blind?' 41 Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
  • Rom 1:18-22 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • 2 Cor 4:3 : 3 Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the workings of Satan, with all kinds of power, false signs, and wonders, 10 and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

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