Jeremiah 7:9-11

9 aWill you steal, murder, commit adultery, bswear falsely, cmake offerings to Baal, dand go after other gods that you have not known, 10and then come and stand before me in this house, ewhich is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 fHas this house, gwhich is called by my name, hbecome a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 33:31

31 iAnd they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for jwith lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

Amos 8:5

5saying, “When will kthe new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And lthe Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make mthe ephah small and the shekel
An  ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a  shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,

Matthew 15:8

8 o“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;

Acts 21:26-27

26Then Paul took the men, and the next day phe purified himself along with them and qwent into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and rthe offering presented for each one of them.

Paul Arrested in the Temple

27When sthe seven days were almost completed, tthe Jews from Asia, useeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,
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