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Jesus' Warning To The Hypocrites
Jesus Christ did not mince words when it came to religious hypocrisy. That, more than anything else, is what got Him killed. His death was a staged assassination by a few religious hypocrites who The Lord was very effectively exposing to the people under their authority.
"Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." (Matthew 6:1-6 RSV)
"Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, "Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat." He answered them, "And why do you transgress the Commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.' But you say, 'If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God, he need not honor his father.' So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God. You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me; in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'" (Matthew 15:1-9 RSV)
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This Week's Bible Quiz
What's the missing word from these statements of Jesus Christ? (Revised Standard Version)
1. "You are the _______ of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid."
2. "Think not that I have come to _______ the law and the prophets"
3. "But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed _______ with her in his heart."
4. "And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even _______ in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."
5. "The _______ is plentiful, but the laborers are few"
6. "For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of _______ seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."
7. "If you would enter life, keep the _______."
8. "Take heed that no one leads you astray. For many will come in My Name, saying, 'I am the _______,' and they will lead many astray."
9. "and He will send out His _______ with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds"
10. "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabach-thani?" that is, "My God, my God, why hast Thou _______ Me?"
For the answers to this July 2 2002 quiz, see the Bible Quiz Answers Page