May God Send us a Little of His Patience
I agree Christine that Ben Masada need to be more specific on what he is saying but you too need to do the same for use phrasies such us, “He came to abolish old hypocritical laws and displays.” Jesus said he came to fulfill the laws and the Prophets, so they would never be hypocritical. He also confirmed some, such as the Ten Commandments.
May the Blessing of God Be with us all.
I’m thinking more on the lines of this, when I speak of Jesus condemning hypocrisy:
Matt. 23:16-22) “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.
Or this in Luke
Luke 11:39
The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil.
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You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?
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But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
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Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others.
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Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces.
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Woe to you! You are like unseen graves 11 over which people unknowingly walk.”
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Then one of the scholars of the law 12 said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.”
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And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.
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Woe to you! You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
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Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building.
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Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; 13 some of them they will kill and persecute’
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in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,
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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah 14 who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!
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Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.”
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When he left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things,
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for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.
