1 Samuel 15:13-14
13And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, a“Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.” 14And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?”Isaiah 58:2-3
2 bYet they seek me dailyand delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
3 c‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, ▼
▼Or pursue your own business
eand oppress all your workers.
Isaiah 65:5
5who say, “Keep to yourself,do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
fThese are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
Zechariah 7:3
3 gsaying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and hthe prophets, “Should I weep and iabstain in jthe fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”Luke 17:10
10So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are kunworthy servants; ▼▼Greek bondservants
we have only done what was our duty.’” Luke 18:9
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9He also told this parable to some mwho trusted nin themselves that they were righteous, oand treated others with contempt:Luke 18:11-12
11The Pharisee, pstanding by himself, prayed ▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself
rthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 sI fast twice a week; tI give tithes of all that I get.’ Luke 18:20-21
20You know the commandments: u‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’” 21And he said, v“All these I have kept from my youth.”
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