"What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says the LORD. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

And in praying, do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth. If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,read more.
"Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch" (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear, neither be troubled."

"Do not say, 'A conspiracy.' concerning all about which this people say, 'A conspiracy.' neither fear their threats, nor be in dread. The LORD of hosts is who you must regard as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you did not even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Isn't the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us."