And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their offerings in the money-box.

How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.

For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.

Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.

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Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;

Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

The borders

And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

Say to the children of Israel that through all their generations they are to put on the edges of their robes an ornament of twisted threads, and in every ornament a blue cord;

On the four edges of your robe, with which your body is covered, put ornaments of twisted threads.

General references

Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;

I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.