Malachi 2:9

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Summary

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

Before

Mark 7:13

Luke 20:45

But

Romans 7:7

Bible References

Before

and so you nullify what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many such practices."

While all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

But

"You have heard that the men of old were told 'You shall not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

But he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter that life, keep the commandments."

Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the sanctuary, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, it is binding.'

"You give up what God has commanded and hold fast to what men have handed down.

But he, wishing to justify his question, said, "And who is my neighbor?"

But alas for you Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny herb, and disregard justice and the love of God. But you should have observed these, without neglecting the others.

Then what shall we conclude? That the Law is sin? Certainly not! Yet, if it had not been for the Law, I should never have learned what sin was; I should not have known what it was to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."