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Matthew · read by Don Basham
19 verses, in order. Only the verses Don read aloud are shown.
Matthew 9
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When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 2
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On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 2
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But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 2
Matthew 23
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Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of 'Rabbi' by which they are addressed.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of impurity.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 1
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In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.Read from KJV · A Plea for Kingdom Honesty - Part 2