You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.
‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one
By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the m
But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these
Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street cor
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not kn
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly
Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a dri
And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no l
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from yo
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Le
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your so
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or ma
But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God
He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.