Luke 18:9

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

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.

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

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.

The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.

“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”

His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

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

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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,

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

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.

They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

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

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

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.

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.

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.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.

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

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”

saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!”

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

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.

Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from 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.

For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

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

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

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

The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”

Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”

They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.

Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.