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Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”

Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”

He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.

For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.

Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.