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 set aside what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many other practices like these."

While all the people were listening, He said to His disciples,

But

"You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

And He answered him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is perfectly good. But if you want to get into that life, you must practice keeping the commandments."

A curse on you, you blind leaders who say, 'Whoever swears by the sanctuary is not duty-bound, but whoever swears by the gold of the sanctuary is duty-bound.'

"You give up what God has commanded,

But he, as he wished to justify his question, said, "But who is my neighbor?"

But a curse on you Pharisees, because you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny garden herb, but neglect justice and the love of God! These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have neglected the former.

What are we then to conclude? Is the law sin? Of course not! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have learned what sin was, for I should not have known what an evil desire was, if the law had not said, "You must not have an evil desire."