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They ¹  devour ²  widows’ property, ³  and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, ¹  and I will continue to rejoice,

In spite of all this, ¹  Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” ²  says the Lord.

They ¹  devour widows’ property, ²  and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”

So get rid of ¹  all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending ¹  that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

so that no one can boast in his presence.

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

The Lord frustrates ¹  the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans ²  of the peoples.

The Lord abhors ¹  every arrogant person; ²  rest assured ³  that they will not go unpunished. ⁴ 

“I absolutely despise ¹  your festivals! I get no pleasure ²  from your religious assemblies!

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them ¹  by their hypocrisy.

They ¹  entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him ²  in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.

And God, who knows the heart, ¹  has testified ²  to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, ³ 

Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, ¹  for we are members of one another.

Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal! Do not go up to Beth Aven! ¹  Do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!”

Jesus ¹  said,] ²  “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, ³  and the ones who see may become blind.”

“I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, ¹  so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.