Mal 1:6, Mat 7:21, 25:11, Luk 13:25, Gal 6:7 | ESV | STEP | A son honors his father , and a servant his master . If then I am a father , where is my honor ? And if I am a master , where is my fear ? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests , who despise my name . But you say , How have we despised your name ?

aSee Ex. 20:12

b Ex. 4:22; Hos. 11:1

c[Luke 6:46]

d[See ver. 2 above]

e Luke 6:46; Rom. 2:13; James 1:22

f[Hos. 8:2]

g[John 3:3, 5]

h ch. 12:50

i[ch. 7:22, 23]

jFor ver. 25-27, [Matt. 25:10-12]

k Matt. 7:22, 23

l Matt. 10:33; 25:12; [2 Tim. 2:19]

m 1 Cor. 6:9; 15:33; James 1:16

nSee 2 Cor. 9:6

Malachi 1:6

The Priests’ Polluted Offerings

6 ^a“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am ^ba father, where is my honor? And if I am ^ca master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. ^dBut you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Matthew 7:21

I Never Knew You

21 ^e“Not everyone who ^fsays to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will ^genter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who ^hdoes the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 25:11

11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ⁱ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’

Luke 13:25

25 ^jWhen once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ^k‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ^l‘I do not know where you come from.’

Galatians 6:7

7 ^mDo not be deceived: God is not mocked, for ⁿwhatever one sows, that will he also reap.