Job 15:14, Mat 13:33-35, Joh 3:3, Rom 3:9-19, 9:22-25, 12:1-2, Eph 4:22-24 | ESV | STEP | What is man , that he can be pure ? Or he who is born of a woman , that he can be righteous ?

33 He told them another parable. ^d“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in ^ethree measures of flour, till it was ^fall leavened.”

Prophecy and Parables

34 ^gAll these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet}

ⁱ“I will open my mouth in parables;
^jI will utter what has been hidden ^ksince the foundation of the world.”

John 3:3

3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is ^lborn ^magain ^{▼▼Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7} he cannot ^osee the kingdom of God.”

Romans 3:9-19

No One Is Righteous

9 What then? Are we Jews ^{▼▼Greek Are we} any better off? ^{▼▼Or at any disadvantage?} No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both ^rJews and ^sGreeks, are ^tunder sin, 10 as it is written:

^u“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 ^v“Their throat is ^wan open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
^x“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 ^y“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 ^z“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and ^aathe way of peace they have not known.”
18 ^ab“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever ^acthe law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^adso that every mouth may be stopped, and ^aethe whole world may be held accountable to God.

Romans 9:22-25

22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience ^afvessels of wrath ^agprepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known ^ahthe riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he ^aihas prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us whom he ^ajhas called, ^aknot from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25 As indeed he says in Hosea,

^al“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”

Romans 12:1-2

A Living Sacrifice

1 ^amI appeal to you therefore, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} by the mercies of God, ^aoto present your bodies ^apas a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. ^{▼▼Or your rational service} 2 ^arDo not be conformed to this world, ^{▼▼Greek age} but be transformed by ^atthe renewal of your mind, that by testing you may ^audiscern 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}

Ephesians 4:22-24

22 to ^awput off ^axyour old self, ^{▼▼Greek man; also verse 24} which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through ^azdeceitful desires, 23 and ^bato be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on ^bbthe new self, ^bccreated after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.