Isaiah 58:1

True and False Fasting

1 Cry aloud; do not hold back;
alift up your voice like a trumpet;
bdeclare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 7:2

2 cStand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord.

Jeremiah 19:14-15

14Then Jeremiah came from dTopheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, eand he stood in the court of the Lord’s house and said to all the people: 15Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, fbecause they have stiffened their neck, grefusing to hear my words.”

Jeremiah 20:2-3

2Then hPashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him iin the stocks that were in the upper jBenjamin Gate of the house of the Lord. 3The next day, when kPashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name lPashhur, but Terror on Every Side.

Jeremiah 22:1-2

1Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word, 2and say, mHear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates.

Jeremiah 26:2

2Thus says the Lord: nStand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord oall the words that I command you to speak to them; pdo not hold back a word.

Jeremiah 36:10

10Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in qthe chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

23 rAnd when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him sas he was teaching, and said, tBy what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
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