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− | *The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be filled with light… Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not of darkness. | + | *{{s||Luke|11|34-35}} |
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+ | The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be filled with light… Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not of darkness. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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*{{s||Isaiah|6|9-10}} | *{{s||Isaiah|6|9-10}} | ||
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+ | Hear ye indeed, but understand not; see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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*{{s||Matthew|7|2}} | *{{s||Matthew|7|2}} | ||
− | *{{s||Matthew|7|5}} (see {{s||Matthew|7|1-27}}) | + | *{{s||Matthew|7|5}} |
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+ | For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall also be judged:… first cast the beam out of thine own eye; then shalt thou see clearly. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | *(see {{s||Matthew|7|1-27}}) | ||
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*{{s||Matthew|7|3}} | *{{s||Matthew|7|3}} | ||
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+ | And why beholdest thou the mote which is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam in thine own eye? | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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− | + | {{s||Matthew|12|7}} | |
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+ | If ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | *(also see the similar {{s||Matthew|9|13}}. Both passages allude to {{s||Hosea|6|7}} and {{s||Micah|6|7-8}}) | ||
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*{{s||Isaiah|29|20-21}} | *{{s||Isaiah|29|20-21}} | ||
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+ | All that watch for iniquity are cut off: that make a man an offender for a word... | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
*{{s|2|Corinthians|3|6}} | *{{s|2|Corinthians|3|6}} | ||
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+ | for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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− | *For if these things [diligence, faith, virtue knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity] be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. | + | *{{s|2|Peter|1|8}} |
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+ | For if these things [diligence, faith, virtue knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity] be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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*{{s|2|Peter|1|9}} | *{{s|2|Peter|1|9}} | ||
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+ | He that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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− | *Thou shalt not wrest judgment; | + | *{{s||Dueteronomy|16|19}} |
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+ | Thou shalt not wrest judgment; | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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*{{s||Matthew|23|24}} | *{{s||Matthew|23|24}} | ||
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+ | Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
*{{s||Proverbs|11|1}} | *{{s||Proverbs|11|1}} | ||
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+ | A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
*[in Paul’s epistles] are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do the other scriptures unto their own destruction. | *[in Paul’s epistles] are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do the other scriptures unto their own destruction. | ||
*{{s|2|Peter|3|16}} (No prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation…holy men spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. {{s|2|Peter|1|20-21}}) | *{{s|2|Peter|3|16}} (No prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation…holy men spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. {{s|2|Peter|1|20-21}}) | ||
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− | *thou shalt not respect persons, | + | *{{s||Dueteronomy|16|19}} |
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | thou shalt not respect persons, | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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*{{s||John|7|48}} | *{{s||John|7|48}} | ||
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+ | Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
*{{s|2|Corinthians|10|12}} | *{{s|2|Corinthians|10|12}} | ||
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+ | For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. | ||
+ | </blockquote. | ||
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*{{s||Deuteronomy|16|19}} | *{{s||Deuteronomy|16|19}} | ||
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+ | neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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*{{s||Isaiah|5|2-23}} | *{{s||Isaiah|5|2-23}} | ||
+ | <blockquote>Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil…which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
*Then answered the LORD, …wilt thou also disannul my judgment, wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? | *Then answered the LORD, …wilt thou also disannul my judgment, wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? | ||
*{{s||Job|40|8}} | *{{s||Job|40|8}} | ||
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*{{s||Matthew|3|8-9}} | *{{s||Matthew|3|8-9}} | ||
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− | *They sit before thee as my people, and they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after much covetousness. | + | Bring therefore fruits meet for repentance. And think not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham for our Father… |
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+ | *{{s||Ezekiel|33|31}} | ||
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+ | They sit before thee as my people, and they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after much covetousness. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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