Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Daniel #189: Next you say that, ―Jesus said ‗Let yes be yes and no be no‘ -- meaning
that we are to let be true whatever is true.‖
YES, my Friend! And do you know what Jesus was referring to here more than anything
else? Do you know which sin Jesus abhorred above all others and which misdeed he denounced
more vehemently than all the rest combined? It was hypocrisy, Dan – HYPOCRISY! So
please, my inadvertently hypocritical Friend, hear the words of Christ on this matter – and then
please go forth into your life and heed them as well!
―Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, ‗Why do your
disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.‘ And
he answered them, ‗And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your
tradition? … This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.‘‖
~ Matthew 15:1-3 + Matthew 15:8
―Therefore, do whatever they
teach you and follow it; but do not
do as they do, for they do not
practice what they teach … Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill,
and cummin, and have neglected
the weightier matters of the law:
justice and mercy and faith. It is
these you ought to have practiced
without neglecting the others. You
blind guides! You strain out a gnat
but swallow a camel. Woe to you,
scribes and Pharisees. You
hypocrites! You clean the outside
of your cup and plate, but inside
you are full of greed and selfindulgence.
You blind Pharisee!
First clean the inside of your own
cup, so that the outside might also
become clean.‖ ~ Jesus Christ
(Matthew 23:3 + Matthew 23:23-26)
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