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Mark 12:28-33
One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him,“ Which command is the most important of all?”Jesus answered,“ The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.The second is, Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”Then the scribe said to him,“ You are right, teacher. You have correctly said that he is one, and there is no one else except him.And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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Luke 11:42
“ But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.
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Matthew 5:19-20
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 23:23-24
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law— justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel!
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Matthew 15:6
he does not have to honor his father.’ In this way, you have nullified the word of God because of your tradition.
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Hosea 8:12
Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of my instruction, they would be regarded as something strange.