So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of weal
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts
What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torre
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little her
But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken t
“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What b
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the king
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the ab
When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to lis
When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despi
In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then