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Luke 16:14

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The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him.

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The proud hold me in utter contempt, but I do not turn away from your instructions.

He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.

Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied. They are ignorant shepherds, all following their own path and intent on personal gain.

“From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. From prophets to priests, they are all frauds.

I will give their wives to others and their farms to strangers. From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that. They are all frauds.

So my people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money.

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.

“Get out!” he told them. “The girl isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.” But the crowd laughed at him.

Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be severely punished.”

The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died.

For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.

Some were jeered at, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in prisons.




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