Isaiah 57:12

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Some of you were such, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? For they say, ‘Yahweh doesn’t see us. Yahweh has forsaken the land.’ ”

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

You shall make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself.

You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

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

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,

It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all these commandments before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.”

However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.

He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?

“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”

Yahweh says, “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.

For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail.

The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

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

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,

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.

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.

You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’ ”

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves, walk in the flame of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. You will have this from my hand: you will lie down in sorrow.

Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.

You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”

It will happen, when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.” ’

Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig now in the wall.” When I had dug in the wall, I saw a door.

Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’

You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’

he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

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

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.

having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

I advanced in the Jews’ religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.