What did Jesus say about Goodness?

Matthew 23:13–15 · WEBTopic: Goodness

¹³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
¹⁴ “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
¹⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

The corresponding KJV saying is Matthew 23:14; this edition uses a different verse number.

The corresponding KJV saying is Matthew 23:13; this edition uses a different verse number.

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Scribes

In later times, after the Captivity, when the nation lost its independence, the scribes turned their attention to the law, gaining for themselves distinction by their intimate acquaintance with its contents. On them devolved the duty of multiplying copies of the law and of teaching it to others (Ezra 7:6, 10-12; Neh. 8:1, 4, 9, 13).

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Mark 12:38–40 · WEBTopic: Goodness

³⁸ “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
³⁹ and to get the best seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts,
⁴⁰ those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

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Historical source · 1897 · selected excerpts

Scribes

In later times, after the Captivity, when the nation lost its independence, the scribes turned their attention to the law, gaining for themselves distinction by their intimate acquaintance with its contents. On them devolved the duty of multiplying copies of the law and of teaching it to others (Ezra 7:6, 10-12; Neh. 8:1, 4, 9, 13).

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Synagogue

The synagogue was also sometimes used as a court of judicature, in which the rulers presided (Matt. 10:17; Mark 5:22; Luke 12:11; 21:12; Acts 13:15; 22:19); also as public schools.

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Luke 8:10–15 · WEBTopic: Goodness

¹⁰ “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
¹¹ “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
¹² Those along the road are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
¹³ Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
¹⁴ What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life; and they bring no fruit to maturity.
¹⁵ Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

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Matthew 13:18–23 · WEB

¹⁸ “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;
²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

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Mark 4:13–20 · WEB

¹³ “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
¹⁴ The farmer sows the word.
¹⁵ The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
¹⁶ These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
¹⁷ They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
¹⁸ Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
¹⁹ and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
²⁰ Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

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Revelation 22:12–13; Revelation 22:16 · WEBTopic: Goodness

¹² “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.
¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

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¹⁶ I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

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Alpha and Omega

Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last.

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Mark 12:43–44 · WEBTopic: Goodness

⁴³ “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
⁴⁴ for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”

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Luke 20:46–47 · WEBTopic: Goodness

⁴⁶ “Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
⁴⁷ who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

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Historical source · 1897 · selected excerpts

Scribes

In later times, after the Captivity, when the nation lost its independence, the scribes turned their attention to the law, gaining for themselves distinction by their intimate acquaintance with its contents. On them devolved the duty of multiplying copies of the law and of teaching it to others (Ezra 7:6, 10-12; Neh. 8:1, 4, 9, 13).

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Synagogue

The synagogue was also sometimes used as a court of judicature, in which the rulers presided (Matt. 10:17; Mark 5:22; Luke 12:11; 21:12; Acts 13:15; 22:19); also as public schools.

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Matthew 15:3–9 · WEBTopic: Goodness

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⁴ For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
⁵ But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
⁶ he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

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³ “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
⁴ For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
⁵ But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
⁶ he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
⁷ You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
⁸ ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
⁹ And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”

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Mark 7:6–13 · WEBTopic: Goodness

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¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
¹¹ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,”’”
¹² “then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
¹³ making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

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⁶ “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
⁷ They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
⁸ “For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”
⁹ “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
¹¹ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,”’”
¹² “then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
¹³ making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

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Corban

It means a gift or offering consecrated to God. Anything over which this word was once pronounced was irrevocably dedicated to the temple.

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Luke 17:14; Luke 17:17–19 · WEBTopic: Goodness

¹⁴ “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”

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¹⁷ “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
¹⁸ Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
¹⁹ “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”

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Priest

They represented the people before God, and offered the various sacrifices prescribed in the law.

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Matthew 18:10–14 · WEBTopic: Goodness

¹⁰ See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
¹¹ For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
¹² “What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
¹³ If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

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Luke 16:15 · WEBTopic: Goodness

¹⁵ “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

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Matthew 24:45–51 · WEBTopic: Goodness

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⁴⁵ “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

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⁴⁵ “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
⁴⁷ Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
⁴⁸ But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,
⁵¹ and will cut him in pieces and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

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Luke 12:22–34 · WEBTopic: Goodness

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³³ Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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²² “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
²³ Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
²⁴ Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
²⁵ Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
²⁶ If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
²⁸ But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
²⁹ “Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
³⁰ For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
³¹ But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
³² “Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
³³ Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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Solomon

David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). […] His history is recorded in 1 Kings 1-11 and 2 Chr. 1-9.

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Revelation 3:7–13 · WEBTopic: Goodness

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⁷ “To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
⁸ “I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

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⁷ “To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
⁸ “I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.
⁹ Behold, I make some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
¹⁰ Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
¹¹ I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
¹² He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
¹³ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

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Philadelphia

a city of Lydia in Asia Minor […] It was the seat of one of the "seven churches" (Rev. 3:7-12).

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Mark 11:26 · WEBTopic: Goodness

²⁶ But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”

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Luke 12:42–48 · WEBTopic: Goodness

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⁴² “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
⁴³ Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

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⁴² “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
⁴³ Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
⁴⁴ Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
⁴⁵ But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
⁴⁶ then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
⁴⁷ That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
⁴⁸ but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

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Luke 11:2–4 · WEBTopic: Goodness

² “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
³ Give us day by day our daily bread.
⁴ Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”

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Bread

Bread was prepared by kneading in wooden bowls or "kneading troughs" (Gen. 18:6; Ex. 12:34; Jer. 7:18). The dough was mixed with leaven and made into thin cakes, round or oval, and then baked.

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Luke 15:4–7 · WEBTopic: Goodness

⁴ “Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
⁵ When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
⁶ When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’
⁷ I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

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Matthew 18:3–6 · WEBTopic: Goodness

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³ “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
⁴ Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
⁵ Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
⁶ but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

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Mark 9:33; Mark 9:35; Mark 9:37 · WEBTopic: Goodness

Parallel to Matthew 18:5; Luke 9:48

³³ “What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?”

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³⁵ “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

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³⁷ “Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”

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Luke 9:48 · WEBTopic: Goodness

Parallel to Matthew 18:5; Mark 9:37

⁴⁸ “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”

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Matthew 16:24–28 · WEBTopic: Goodness

²⁴ “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
²⁷ For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds.
²⁸ Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

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