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Jeremiah 23:29
"Is not My word like as a fire?" saith the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Matthew 7:28
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine;
Matthew 7:29
for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Matthew 13:54
And when He had come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished and said, "From whence hath this man this wisdom and these mighty works?
Luke 4:32
And they were astonished at His doctrine, for His word was with power.
Luke 21:15
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
John 7:46
The officers answered, "Never did man speak like this man!"
Acts 6:10
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
Acts 9:21
But all that heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this he that destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither with the intent that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?"
Acts 9:22
But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that Jesus is the very Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:2
but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the Word of God deceitfully; but by manifesting the truth we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Hebrews 4:12
For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight, but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
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Mark 7:3-13
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For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat, unless they wash their hands oft, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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And when they come from the market, they eat not unless they wash; and there are many other customs which they have received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables.
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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?"
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He answered and said unto them, "Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: `This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
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Therefore, in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.'
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For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold to the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups, and many other like things ye do."
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And He said unto them, "Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10
For Moses said, `Honor thy father and thy mother,' and, `Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death.'
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But ye say that if a man shall say to his father or mother, `It is Corban' (that is to say, a gift of whatsoever thou mightest have profited from me), he shall be freed;
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and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother,
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thus making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. And many like things do ye."
Matthew 23:16-24
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"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, `Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'
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Ye fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
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And ye say, `Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is liable.'
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Ye fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
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Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it and by all things thereon.
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And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it and by Him that dwelleth therein.
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And he that shall swear by Heaven, sweareth by the throne of God and by Him that sitteth thereon.
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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith. These ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone.
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Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!