Ezekiel 33:31

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Ezekiel 33:31

Matthew 13:22

And what was sown among the thorns means the man who listens to the message, and then the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich choke the message out, and it yields nothing.

He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep and laid his foundation upon the rock, and when there was a flood the torrent burst upon that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

Luke 11:28

But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "

James 1:22-24

Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves.

Matthew 6:24

No slave can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Matthew 7:24-27

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

Matthew 19:22

But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

Luke 8:21

He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"

Luke 10:39

She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Master's feet, and listened to what he was saying.

Luke 12:15-21

And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were avaricious, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately, and you have very kindly come. Now we are all here in God's presence, to hear everything that the Lord has instructed you to say."

Ephesians 5:5

For you may be sure that no one who is immoral, or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have any share in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin.

James 2:14-16

My brothers, what is the good of a man's saying he has faith, if he has no good deeds to show? Can faith save him?

1 John 3:17-18

But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?

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Ezekiel 33:31

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

As the people cometh

Luke 10:39

Acts 10:33

They sit before thee as my people

James 1:22

For with

James 2:14

1 John 3:17

Shew much love

Luke 16:14

But their

General references

Mark 10:20

James 1:23

Bible References

As the people cometh

She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Master's feet, and listened to what he was saying.

So I sent for you immediately, and you have very kindly come. Now we are all here in God's presence, to hear everything that the Lord has instructed you to say."

They sit before thee as my people

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"

But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "

Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves.

For with

My brothers, what is the good of a man's saying he has faith, if he has no good deeds to show? Can faith save him?

But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?

Shew much love

The Pharisees, who were avaricious, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

But their

No slave can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money.

And what was sown among the thorns means the man who listens to the message, and then the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich choke the message out, and it yields nothing.

But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

For you may be sure that no one who is immoral, or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have any share in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin.

General references

But he said to him, "Master, I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."

For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,