Romans 2:21

New International Reader's Version

You claim to teach others, but you don’t even teach yourself! You preach against stealing. But you steal!

Cross References

Isaiah 42:20

Israel, you have seen many things. But you do not pay any attention to me. Your ears are open. But you do not listen to anything I say.”

Isaiah 56:11

They are like dogs that love to eat. They never get enough. They are like shepherds who don’t have any understanding. All of them do as they please. They only look for what they can get for themselves.

Ezekiel 22:27

The officials in the land are like wolves that tear their food apart. They spill blood and kill people to get rich.

Micah 3:11

Your judges take money from people who want special favors. Your priests teach only if they get paid for it. Your prophets won’t tell fortunes unless they receive money. But you still look for the Lord’s help. You say, “The Lord is with us. No trouble will come on us.”

Matthew 21:13

He said to them, “It is written that the Lord said, ‘My house will be called a house where people can pray.’ (Isaiah 56:7) But you are making it ‘a den for robbers.’ ” (Jeremiah 7:11)

Luke 11:46

Jesus replied, “How terrible for you authorities on the law! You put such heavy loads on people that they can hardly carry them. But you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.

Luke 12:47

“Suppose a servant knows the master’s wishes. But the servant doesn’t get ready and doesn’t do what the master wants. Then that servant will receive a heavy beating.

Luke 19:22

“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you evil slave! So you knew that I am a hard man? You knew that I take out what I did not put in? You knew that I harvest what I did not plant?

Luke 4:23

Jesus said, “Here is a saying you will certainly apply to me. ‘Doctor, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me this. ‘Do the things here in your hometown that we heard you did in Capernaum.’ ”

1 Corinthians 9:27

No, I train my body and bring it under control. Then after I have preached to others, I myself will not break the rules. If I did break them, I would fail to win the prize.

Galatians 6:13

Even those who are circumcised don’t obey the law. But they want you to be circumcised. Then they can brag about what has been done to your body.