Thematic Bible: Inconsistency in religious life general marks of


Thematic Bible



But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?


And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.



Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.


If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food, And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?




So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.


Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?


If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain