But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth m
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterer
“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine right
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake t
‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the
You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your f
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done ou
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righte
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not so
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fir
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have mor
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden m
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.