Malachi 2:7-8
7For athe lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people ▼▼Hebrew they
should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8But you have turned aside from the way. cYou have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted dthe covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, Matthew 15:14
14Let them alone; ethey are blind guides. ▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind
And gif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 23:16-26
16“Woe to hyou, iblind guides, who say, j‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or kthe temple that has made the gold sacred? 18And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by lthe gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or mthe altar that makes the gift sacred? 20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by nhim who dwells in it. 22And whoever swears by oheaven swears by pthe throne of God and by qhim who sits upon it.23 r“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For syou tithe mint and dill and tcumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ujustice and mercy and faithfulness. vThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing wa camel!
25 x“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For yyou clean the outside of zthe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of aagreed and self-indulgence. 26You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of abthe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
John 3:10
10Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel acand yet you do not understand these things?Romans 1:18-22
God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness
18For adthe wrath of God aeis revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19For what can be afknown about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, aghave been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, ▼▼Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they aibecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 ajClaiming to be wise, they became fools, Romans 1:28
28And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, akGod gave them up to ala debased mind to do amwhat ought not to be done.2 Corinthians 3:15
15Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts.
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