Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Discerning » Discerning the times
And from the fig tree learn a parable; When already her young shoot should be tender, and the leaves should spring forth, ye know that summer is near: So also ye, when ye should see all these things, know ye that it is near at the doors. Truly I say to you, That this generation should not pass away, till all these things should be.
And from the fig tree learn ye a parable; When its young shoot be tender, and cause the leaves to grow, ye know that summer is near. So also ye, when ye see these things done, ye know that it is near at the door. Truly I say to you, that this generation should not pass away, till all these things should be.
And he said to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising from the descents, ye say quickly, A heavy shower of rain is coming; and it is so. And when the south wind blowing, ye say, That there will be heat; and it is. O hypocrites, ye know to judge the face of the earth and of heaven; and how do ye not judge this time?
And he spake to them a parable; See the fig tree, and all trees; When they should already throw forth, seeing of yourselves ye know that summer is already near. So also ye, when ye see these being, know that the kingdom of God is near. read more.
Truly I say to you, That this generation should not pass away, even till all things should be.
Truly I say to you, That this generation should not pass away, even till all things should be.
Dullness » Condemned
And none will set to his heart; and not knowledge, and not understanding to say, Half of it I burnt in the fire; and also I baked bread upon its coals; I will roast flesh and eat: and its remainder shall I make for an abomination? shall I fall down to a trunk of wood?
Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.
A brutish man shall not know, and a fool shall not understand this.
O hypocrites, ye know to judge the face of the earth and of heaven; and how do ye not judge this time?
Wherefore ye know not my speech, for ye cannot hear my word.
There is none understanding, there is none seeking God.
Of whom great is the word to us, and difficult of interpretation to speak, since ye have been sluggish in the hearing.
Parables » Parables of Christ » Cloud and wind
And he said to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising from the descents, ye say quickly, A heavy shower of rain is coming; and it is so. And when the south wind blowing, ye say, That there will be heat; and it is. O hypocrites, ye know to judge the face of the earth and of heaven; and how do ye not judge this time? read more.
And why also of yourselves judge ye not the just thing?
And why also of yourselves judge ye not the just thing?
Religion » Hypocrisy, an ever present element in false religion » Examples of
Then answered the Lord and said, Hypocrite, does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and leading away, give to drink?
And this he said, not that care was to him for the poor: but because he was a thief, and had the small coffer, and carried things deposited.
For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent.
But Jesus, having known their evil, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?
O hypocrites, ye know to judge the face of the earth and of heaven; and how do ye not judge this time?
And he shall cut him in two equal parts, and he shall set his portion with the hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye lock up the kingdom of the heavens before men: for ye come not in yourselves, neither those coming in, permit ye to come in.
Hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Or how Canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, suffer that I cast out the mote in thine eye, thyself not beholding the beam in thine eye? O hypocrite, cast out first the beam from thine own eye, and then shalt thou see through to cast out the mote in thy brother's eye.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Dullness, condemned
And none will set to his heart; and not knowledge, and not understanding to say, Half of it I burnt in the fire; and also I baked bread upon its coals; I will roast flesh and eat: and its remainder shall I make for an abomination? shall I fall down to a trunk of wood?
Son of man, thou art dwelling in the midst of a house of contradiction, which to them eyes to see, and they saw not: ears to them to hear, and they heard not: for they are a house of contradiction.
A brutish man shall not know, and a fool shall not understand this.
O hypocrites, ye know to judge the face of the earth and of heaven; and how do ye not judge this time?
Wherefore ye know not my speech, for ye cannot hear my word.
There is none understanding, there is none seeking God.
Of whom great is the word to us, and difficult of interpretation to speak, since ye have been sluggish in the hearing.