Luk 16:14-15, Rom 7:9, 10:3 | ESV | STEP | The Pharisees , who were lovers of money , heard all these things , and they ridiculed him .

Luke 16:14-15

The Law and the Kingdom of God

14 ^aThe Pharisees, who were ^blovers of money, heard all these things, and they ^cridiculed him. 15 And he said to them, “You are those who ^djustify yourselves before men, but ^eGod knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men ^fis an abomination in the sight of God.

Romans 7:9

9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.

Romans 10:3

3 For, being ignorant of ^gthe righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.