1 Samuel 16:2
2And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, a‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’Proverbs 21:27
27 bThe sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;how much more cwhen he brings it with evil intent.
Isaiah 58:4
4Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fightand to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
Matthew 2:8
8And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”Matthew 23:14
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