They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the w
“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God i
“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of t
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have com
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are
But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One s
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who exam
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before Go
Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit ete
But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducee
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all th
He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Pa
“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have s
True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness,
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On th
The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues pra
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and
rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit,
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, f
But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”