Jeremiah 44:16-17
16“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, awe will not listen to you. 17 bBut we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to cthe queen of heaven dand pour out drink offerings to her, eas we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.Ezekiel 33:31
31 fAnd 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 gwith lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.Matthew 21:29-30
29And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he hchanged his mind and went. 30And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go.Matthew 23:3
3so do and observe whatever they tell you, ibut not the works they do. jFor they preach, but do not practice.Luke 6:46
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46 k“Why ldo you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?Luke 8:5-7
5 m“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, nit withered away, because it had no moisture. 7And some fell among othorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.Luke 19:14
14But phis citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’Luke 19:27
27But qas for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and rslaughter them before me.’”
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