Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Jewish » Pride
Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!
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They answered, "We are descended from Abraham, and have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"
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They answered, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, then do what Abraham did.
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Then they sneered at him, and said, "You are a disciple of his yourself, but we are disciples of Moses.
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and you are sure that you can guide the blind, enlighten people who are in the dark,
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Pride » Examples of » Jewish pride, as the chosen nation
Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!
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They answered, "We are descended from Abraham, and have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"
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They answered, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, then do what Abraham did.
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Then they sneered at him, and said, "You are a disciple of his yourself, but we are disciples of Moses.
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and you are sure that you can guide the blind, enlighten people who are in the dark,
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Sin » Against knowledge
They know God's decree that those who act in this way deserve to die, yet they not only do it, but applaud any who do.
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If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.
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So when a man knows what is right and fails to do it, he is guilty of sin.
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for, though they knew God, they have not honored him as God or given thanks to him, but they have indulged in futile speculations, until their stupid minds have become dark.
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Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would be guilty of no sin, but as it is, you say 'We can see'; so your sin continues.
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For if we choose to go on sinning after we have so fully learned the truth, there is no sacrifice left to be offered for our sins,
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The slave who knows his master's wishes, but does not get ready or act upon them, will be severely punished. But one who does wrong without knowing them will be lightly punished. From anyone who has been given much, much will be required, and of the man to whom people have intrusted much, they will demand even more.
Suppose you call yourself a Jew, and rely on law, and boast about God, and can understand his will, and from hearing the Law read can tell what is right, and you are sure that you can guide the blind, enlighten people who are in the dark, read more.
train the foolish, teach the young, since you have knowledge and truth formulated in the Law??21 why, then, will you teach others and refuse to teach yourself? Will you preach against stealing, and yet steal yourself? Will you warn men against adultery, and yet practice it yourself? Will you pretend to detest idols, and yet rob their temples? Will you boast of the Law and yet dishonor God by breaking it?
train the foolish, teach the young, since you have knowledge and truth formulated in the Law??21 why, then, will you teach others and refuse to teach yourself? Will you preach against stealing, and yet steal yourself? Will you warn men against adultery, and yet practice it yourself? Will you pretend to detest idols, and yet rob their temples? Will you boast of the Law and yet dishonor God by breaking it?
For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of uprightness than after knowing it to have turned their backs upon the sacred command with which they had been intrusted. What has happened to them shows the truth of the proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited up, and a sow that has washed goes back to wallow in the mire."