Ezekiel 33:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the feet of Jesus, and heard his word.

Therefore, I immediately sent to you; and you have done well in coming. Now, there fore, we are all here present before God, to hear all things that are given in charge to you by God.

They sit before thee as my people

Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock:

He is like a man that, when building a house, digged deep, and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the torrent dashed against that house, and it was not able to shake it, for it was founded on the rock.

But he answered and said to them: My mother and my brothers are they that hear the word of God and do it.

And he said: Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

For with

What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?

Whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts his heart against him, how dwells the love of God in him?

Shew much love

And the Pharisees also, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

But their

No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.

He that received seed among the thorns, is he that hears the word; and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

When the young man heard that saying, he went away grieved; for he had great possessions.

And he said to them: Take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man's life depends not on the abundance of his possessions.

For you know this, that no lewd nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God.

But those who will be rich fail into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful desires, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

General references

He answered and said to him: Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.

For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a mirror: