Absalom would then say to him, “Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. ¹  But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you.”

If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.

The one who says he resides ¹  in God ²  ought himself to walk ³  just as Jesus ⁴  walked.

The one who says he is in the light but still hates ¹  his fellow Christian ²  is still in the darkness.

“But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized ¹  him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.

From this point on, Pilate tried ¹  to release him. But the Jewish leaders ²  shouted out, ³  “If you release this man, ⁴  you are no friend of Caesar! ⁵  Everyone who claims to be a king ⁶  opposes Caesar!”

A psalm of David. The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, ¹  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith ²  save him? ³ 

They are calloused; ¹  they speak arrogantly. ² 

Many people profess their loyalty, ¹  but a faithful person ²  – who can find? ³ 

Then ¹  some of the experts in the law ²  said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!” ³ 

“Present your argument,” says the Lord. “Produce your evidence,” ¹  says Jacob’s king. ² 

I, the Lord, affirm that ¹  I know how arrogant they are. But their pride is ill-founded. Their boastings will prove to be false. ² 

Now when the Pharisees ¹  and Sadducees ²  came to test Jesus, ³  they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ⁴ 

Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ ¹  and they will mislead many.

So the Pharisees ¹  objected, ²  “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” ³ 

then I discerned all that God has done: ¹  No one really comprehends what happens ²  on earth. ³  Despite all human ⁴  efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp ⁵  it. ⁶  Even if ⁷  a wise person claimed ⁸  that he understood, he would not really comprehend ⁹  it.

We have heard about Moab’s pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. ¹  But their boastful claims are empty! ² 

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.