Isaiah 8:20

20 aTo the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no bdawn.

Matthew 7:15-20

A Tree and Its Fruit

15 cBeware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are dravenous wolves. 16You will recognize them eby their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17So, fevery healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 gEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus you will recognize them hby their fruits.

Mark 7:14-16

What Defiles a Person

14And he called the people to him again and said to them, iHear me, all of you, and understand: 15 jThere is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”
Some manuscripts add verse 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear

Luke 12:57

Settle with Your Accuser

57And why ldo you not judge mfor yourselves what is right?

Acts 17:11

11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, nexamining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Romans 12:2

2 oDo not be conformed to this world,
Greek age
but be transformed by qthe renewal of your mind, that by testing you may rdiscern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Or  what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God


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