Verse 39
The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 6:5 : 5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
- Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not with a perfect heart.
- 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God. 21 In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
- Ps 22:13 : 13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
- Prov 26:25 : 25 When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.
- Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- Jer 4:14 : 14 Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in its midst.
- Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
- Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
- Matt 7:15 : 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
- Matt 12:33-35 : 33 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
- Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
- Matt 23:25-26 : 25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. 26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
- Luke 7:13 : 13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
- Luke 16:15 : 15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
- John 12:6 : 6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
- John 13:2 : 2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
- Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Acts 8:21-23 : 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God. 22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
- Gal 1:14 : 14 I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
- 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.