Malachi 1:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You get so disgusted that you even make vulgar signs at me. And for an offering, you bring stolen animals or those that are crippled or sick. Should I accept these?

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:24

But David answered, “No! I have to pay you what they're worth. I can't offer the LORD my God a sacrifice that I got for nothing.” So David bought the threshing place and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.

Isaiah 1:12

“Who asked you to bring all this when you come to worship me? Stay out of my temple!

Isaiah 57:6

You have chosen to worship idols made of stone; you have given them offerings of wine and grain. Should I be pleased?

Isaiah 61:8

I, the LORD, love justice! But I hate robbery and injustice. My people, I solemnly promise to reward you with an eternal agreement.

Ezekiel 4:14

I said, “LORD God, please don't make me do that! Never in my life have I eaten food that would make me unacceptable to you. I've never eaten anything that died a natural death or was killed by a wild animal or that you said was unclean.”

Ezekiel 44:31

Priests must not eat any bird or animal that dies a natural death or that has been killed by a wild animal.

Hosea 13:9

Israel, you are done for. Don't expect help from me.

Leviticus 22:8

I command you not to eat anything that is killed by a wild animal or dies a natural death. This would make you unclean.

Leviticus 6:4

When this happens, you must return what doesn't belong to you

Amos 8:5

You say to yourselves, “How much longer before the end of the New Moon Festival? When will the Sabbath be over? Our wheat is ready, and we want to sell it now. We can't wait to cheat and charge high prices for the grain we sell. We will use dishonest scales

Micah 6:3

My people, have I wronged you in any way at all? Please tell me.

Malachi 1:10

I wish someone would lock the doors of my temple, so you would stop wasting time building fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you priests, and I refuse to accept any more of your offerings.

Malachi 2:12

I pray that the LORD will no longer let those who are guilty belong to his people, even if they eagerly decide to offer the LORD a gift.

Malachi 2:13

And what else are you doing? You cry noisily and flood the LORD's altar with your tears, because he isn't pleased with your offerings and refuses to accept them.

Matthew 6:16

When you go without eating, don't try to look gloomy as those show-offs do when they go without eating. I can assure you that they already have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

When you pray, don't be like those show-offs who love to stand up and pray in the meeting places and on the street corners. They do this just to look good. I can assure you that they already have their reward.

Deuteronomy 15:21

But if the animal is lame or blind or has something else wrong with it, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.