Matthew 18:7 这世界有祸了，因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！

18:7 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 这世界有祸了，因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这世界有祸了，因为它使人跌倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这世界有祸了，因为它使人跌倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
当代译本 - 这世界有祸了！因为里面充满了引人犯罪的事。这样的事是免不了的，但引人犯罪的人有祸了！
圣经新译本 - “这世界有祸了，因为充满使人犯罪的事。这些事是免不了的，但那使人犯罪的有祸了！
中文标准译本 - 这世界有祸了，因为有使人绊脚的事；要知道，那些使人绊脚的事必然出现，不过使它出现的人有祸了。
现代标点和合本 - “这世界有祸了，因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
和合本（拼音版） - 这世界有祸了！因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
New International Version - Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
New International Reader's Version - How terrible it will be for the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Things like that must come. But how terrible for the person who causes them!
English Standard Version - “Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!
New Living Translation - “What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
Christian Standard Bible - Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses will inevitably come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes.
New American Standard Bible - “Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!
New King James Version - Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
Amplified Bible - “Woe (judgment is coming) to the world because of stumbling blocks and temptations to sin! It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person on whose account or through whom the stumbling block comes!
American Standard Version - Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
King James Version - Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
New English Translation - Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.
World English Bible - “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
新標點和合本 - 這世界有禍了，因為將人絆倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這世界有禍了，因為它使人跌倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這世界有禍了，因為它使人跌倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！
當代譯本 - 這世界有禍了！因為裡面充滿了引人犯罪的事。這樣的事是免不了的，但引人犯罪的人有禍了！
聖經新譯本 - “這世界有禍了，因為充滿使人犯罪的事。這些事是免不了的，但那使人犯罪的有禍了！
呂振中譯本 - 『因了絆跌的事，世界有禍啊！絆跌的事是不能不來的；但絆跌的事由他而來的，那人有禍啊！
中文標準譯本 - 這世界有禍了，因為有使人絆腳的事；要知道，那些使人絆腳的事必然出現，不過使它出現的人有禍了。
現代標點和合本 - 「這世界有禍了，因為將人絆倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！
文理和合譯本 - 禍哉斯世、以其陷人故也、夫陷人於罪、事所必有、但陷人者禍矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 禍哉斯世乎、以其陷人於罪也、夫陷人於罪、事所必有、但陷人於罪者、禍哉斯人也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 禍哉斯世、因有陷人於罪之事、陷人於罪、固所難免、但陷人於罪者禍矣、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 哀哉斯世、以其梗障之多也。梗障之生、在所不免、而甘為梗障之緣者、哀莫大焉。
Nueva Versión Internacional - »¡Ay del mundo por las cosas que hacen pecar a la gente! Inevitable es que sucedan, pero ¡ay del que hace pecar a los demás!
현대인의 성경 - “죄 짓게 하는 일 때문에 이 세상에 불행이 닥칠 것이다. 세상에는 죄 짓게 하는 일이 항상 있기 마련이다. 그러나 죄 짓게 하는 그 사람에게는 불행이 닥칠 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Горе миру от всего, что ведет людей ко греху! И хотя в этом мире неизбежны соблазны, но горе тому человеку, кто будет этому содействовать!
Восточный перевод - – Горе миру от всего, что ведёт людей ко греху! И хотя в этом мире неизбежны соблазны, но горе тому человеку, кто вводит других людей в грех!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Горе миру от всего, что ведёт людей ко греху! И хотя в этом мире неизбежны соблазны, но горе тому человеку, кто вводит других людей в грех!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Горе миру от всего, что ведёт людей ко греху! И хотя в этом мире неизбежны соблазны, но горе тому человеку, кто вводит других людей в грех!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Quel malheur pour le monde qu’il y ait tant d’occasions de chute ! Il est inévitable qu’il y en ait, mais malheur à celui qui crée de telles occasions.
リビングバイブル - 悪がはびこるこの世はいまわしいものです。誘惑されるのは避けられないとしても、誘惑のもとになる人はいまわしいものです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων· ἀνάγκη γὰρ ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα, πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ δι’ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων! ἀνάγκη γὰρ ἔστιν ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα, πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ δι’ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται!
Nova Versão Internacional - “Ai do mundo, por causa das coisas que fazem cair no pecado! É inevitável que tais coisas aconteçam, mas ai daquele por meio de quem elas acontecem!
Hoffnung für alle - Wehe der Welt, denn sie bringt Menschen vom Glauben ab! Es kann ja nicht ausbleiben, dass so etwas geschieht. Aber wehe dem, der daran schuld ist!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khốn cho thế giới đầy dẫy cạm bẫy tội lỗi! Cạm bẫy tất nhiên phải có, nhưng khốn cho ai gài bẫy để người khác phạm tội!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “วิบัติแก่โลกเนื่องด้วยสิ่งต่างๆ ที่เป็นเหตุให้ผู้คนทำบาป! ถึงแม้สิ่งเหล่านี้ต้องเกิดขึ้น แต่วิบัติแก่ผู้ที่เป็นต้นเหตุให้สิ่งเหล่านี้เกิดขึ้น!
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Acts 1:18 - “As you know, he took the evil bribe money and bought a small farm. There he came to a bad end, rupturing his belly and spilling his guts. Everybody in Jerusalem knows this by now; they call the place Murder Meadow. It’s exactly what we find written in the Psalms: Let his farm become haunted So no one can ever live there. “And also what was written later: Let someone else take over his post.
1 Timothy 6:1 - Whoever is a slave must make the best of it, giving respect to his master so that outsiders don’t blame God and our teaching for his behavior. Slaves with Christian masters all the more so—their masters are really their beloved brothers!
1 Samuel 2:22 - By this time Eli was very old. He kept getting reports on how his sons were ripping off the people and sleeping with the women who helped out at the sanctuary. Eli called them out: “What’s going on here? Why are you doing these things? I hear story after story of your corrupt and evil carrying on. Oh, my sons, this is not right! These are terrible reports I’m getting, stories spreading right and left among God’s people! If you sin against another person, there’s help—God’s help. But if you sin against God, who is around to help?”
1 Samuel 2:25 - But they were far gone in disobedience and refused to listen to a thing their father said. So God, who was fed up with them, decreed their death. But the boy Samuel was very much alive, growing up, blessed by God and popular with the people.
Matthew 23:13 - “I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you religion scholars, you Pharisees! Frauds! Your lives are roadblocks to God’s kingdom. You refuse to enter, and won’t let anyone else in either.
Matthew 23:15 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You go halfway around the world to make a convert, but once you get him you make him into a replica of yourselves, double-damned.
Matthew 23:16 - “You’re hopeless! What arrogant stupidity! You say, ‘If someone makes a promise with his fingers crossed, that’s nothing; but if he swears with his hand on the Bible, that’s serious.’ What ignorance! Does the leather on the Bible carry more weight than the skin on your hands? And what about this piece of trivia: ‘If you shake hands on a promise, that’s nothing; but if you raise your hand that God is your witness, that’s serious’? What ridiculous hairsplitting! What difference does it make whether you shake hands or raise hands? A promise is a promise. What difference does it make if you make your promise inside or outside a house of worship? A promise is a promise. God is present, watching and holding you to account regardless.
Matthew 23:23 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required. Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that’s wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons?
Matthew 23:25 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You buff the surface of your cups and bowls so they sparkle in the sun, while the insides are maggoty with your greed and gluttony. Stupid Pharisee! Scour the insides, and then the gleaming surface will mean something.
Matthew 23:27 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You’re like manicured grave plots, grass clipped and the flowers bright, but six feet down it’s all rotting bones and worm-eaten flesh. People look at you and think you’re saints, but beneath the skin you’re total frauds.
Revelation 2:20 - “But why do you let that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet mislead my dear servants into Cross-denying, self-indulging religion? I gave her a chance to change her ways, but she has no intention of giving up a career in the god-business. I’m about to lay her low, along with her partners, as they play their sex-and-religion games. The bastard offspring of their idol-whoring I’ll kill. Then every church will know that appearances don’t impress me. I x-ray every motive and make sure you get what’s coming to you.
2 Timothy 3:1 - Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 - Before that day comes, a couple of things have to happen. First, the Apostasy. Second, the debut of the Anarchist, a partner in crime with Satan. He’ll defy and then take over every so-called god or altar. Having cleared away the opposition, he’ll then set himself up in God’s Temple as “God Almighty.” Don’t you remember me going over all this in detail when I was with you? Are your memories that short?
2 Thessalonians 2:6 - You’ll also remember that I told you the Anarchist is being held back until just the right time. That doesn’t mean that the spirit of anarchy is not now at work. It is, secretly and underground. But the time will come when the Anarchist will no longer be held back, but will be let loose. But don’t worry. The Master Jesus will be right on his heels and blow him away. The Master appears and—puff!—the Anarchist is out of there.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The Anarchist’s coming is all Satan’s work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they’re so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they’re banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions.
1 Timothy 4:1 - The Spirit makes it clear that as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional liars. These liars have lied so well and for so long that they’ve lost their capacity for truth. They will tell you not to get married. They’ll tell you not to eat this or that food—perfectly good food God created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by believers who know better! Everything God created is good, and to be received with thanks. Nothing is to be sneered at and thrown out. God’s Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.
2 Timothy 4:3 - You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food—catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you—keep your eye on what you’re doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God’s servant.
Jude 1:12 - These people are eyesores at your love feasts as you worship and eat together. They’re giving you a black eye—carousing shamelessly, grabbing anything that isn’t nailed down. They’re— Puffs of smoke pushed by gusts of wind; late autumn trees stripped clean of leaf and fruit, Doubly dead, pulled up by the roots; wild ocean waves leaving nothing on the beach but the foam of their shame; Lost stars in outer space on their way to the black hole.
2 Peter 2:2 - They give the way of truth a bad name. They’re only out for themselves. They’ll say anything, anything, that sounds good to exploit you. They won’t, of course, get by with it. They’ll come to a bad end, for God has never just stood by and let that kind of thing go on.
Revelation 2:14 - “But why do you indulge that Balaam crowd? Don’t you remember that Balaam was an enemy agent, seducing Balak and sabotaging Israel’s holy pilgrimage by throwing unholy parties? And why do you put up with the Nicolaitans, who do the same thing?
2 Peter 2:15 - They’ve left the main road and are directionless, having taken the way of Balaam, son of Beor, the prophet who turned profiteer, a connoisseur of evil. But Balaam was stopped in his wayward tracks: A dumb animal spoke in a human voice and prevented the prophet’s craziness.
2 Peter 2:17 - There’s nothing to these people—they’re dried-up fountains, storm-scattered clouds, headed for a black hole in hell. They are loudmouths, full of hot air, but still they’re dangerous. Men and women who have recently escaped from a deviant life are most susceptible to their brand of seduction. They promise these newcomers freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for if they’re addicted to corruption—and they are—they’re enslaved.
Luke 17:1 - He said to his disciples, “Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on! Better to wear a concrete vest and take a swim with the fishes than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time!

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 这世界有祸了，因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这世界有祸了，因为它使人跌倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这世界有祸了，因为它使人跌倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
当代译本 - 这世界有祸了！因为里面充满了引人犯罪的事。这样的事是免不了的，但引人犯罪的人有祸了！
圣经新译本 - “这世界有祸了，因为充满使人犯罪的事。这些事是免不了的，但那使人犯罪的有祸了！
中文标准译本 - 这世界有祸了，因为有使人绊脚的事；要知道，那些使人绊脚的事必然出现，不过使它出现的人有祸了。
现代标点和合本 - “这世界有祸了，因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
和合本（拼音版） - 这世界有祸了！因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！
New International Version - Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
New International Reader's Version - How terrible it will be for the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Things like that must come. But how terrible for the person who causes them!
English Standard Version - “Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!
New Living Translation - “What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
Christian Standard Bible - Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses will inevitably come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes.
New American Standard Bible - “Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!
New King James Version - Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
Amplified Bible - “Woe (judgment is coming) to the world because of stumbling blocks and temptations to sin! It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person on whose account or through whom the stumbling block comes!
American Standard Version - Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
King James Version - Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
New English Translation - Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.
World English Bible - “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
新標點和合本 - 這世界有禍了，因為將人絆倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這世界有禍了，因為它使人跌倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這世界有禍了，因為它使人跌倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！
當代譯本 - 這世界有禍了！因為裡面充滿了引人犯罪的事。這樣的事是免不了的，但引人犯罪的人有禍了！
聖經新譯本 - “這世界有禍了，因為充滿使人犯罪的事。這些事是免不了的，但那使人犯罪的有禍了！
呂振中譯本 - 『因了絆跌的事，世界有禍啊！絆跌的事是不能不來的；但絆跌的事由他而來的，那人有禍啊！
中文標準譯本 - 這世界有禍了，因為有使人絆腳的事；要知道，那些使人絆腳的事必然出現，不過使它出現的人有禍了。
現代標點和合本 - 「這世界有禍了，因為將人絆倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！
文理和合譯本 - 禍哉斯世、以其陷人故也、夫陷人於罪、事所必有、但陷人者禍矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 禍哉斯世乎、以其陷人於罪也、夫陷人於罪、事所必有、但陷人於罪者、禍哉斯人也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 禍哉斯世、因有陷人於罪之事、陷人於罪、固所難免、但陷人於罪者禍矣、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 哀哉斯世、以其梗障之多也。梗障之生、在所不免、而甘為梗障之緣者、哀莫大焉。
Nueva Versión Internacional - »¡Ay del mundo por las cosas que hacen pecar a la gente! Inevitable es que sucedan, pero ¡ay del que hace pecar a los demás!
현대인의 성경 - “죄 짓게 하는 일 때문에 이 세상에 불행이 닥칠 것이다. 세상에는 죄 짓게 하는 일이 항상 있기 마련이다. 그러나 죄 짓게 하는 그 사람에게는 불행이 닥칠 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Горе миру от всего, что ведет людей ко греху! И хотя в этом мире неизбежны соблазны, но горе тому человеку, кто будет этому содействовать!
Восточный перевод - – Горе миру от всего, что ведёт людей ко греху! И хотя в этом мире неизбежны соблазны, но горе тому человеку, кто вводит других людей в грех!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Горе миру от всего, что ведёт людей ко греху! И хотя в этом мире неизбежны соблазны, но горе тому человеку, кто вводит других людей в грех!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Горе миру от всего, что ведёт людей ко греху! И хотя в этом мире неизбежны соблазны, но горе тому человеку, кто вводит других людей в грех!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Quel malheur pour le monde qu’il y ait tant d’occasions de chute ! Il est inévitable qu’il y en ait, mais malheur à celui qui crée de telles occasions.
リビングバイブル - 悪がはびこるこの世はいまわしいものです。誘惑されるのは避けられないとしても、誘惑のもとになる人はいまわしいものです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων· ἀνάγκη γὰρ ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα, πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ δι’ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων! ἀνάγκη γὰρ ἔστιν ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα, πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ δι’ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται!
Nova Versão Internacional - “Ai do mundo, por causa das coisas que fazem cair no pecado! É inevitável que tais coisas aconteçam, mas ai daquele por meio de quem elas acontecem!
Hoffnung für alle - Wehe der Welt, denn sie bringt Menschen vom Glauben ab! Es kann ja nicht ausbleiben, dass so etwas geschieht. Aber wehe dem, der daran schuld ist!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khốn cho thế giới đầy dẫy cạm bẫy tội lỗi! Cạm bẫy tất nhiên phải có, nhưng khốn cho ai gài bẫy để người khác phạm tội!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “วิบัติแก่โลกเนื่องด้วยสิ่งต่างๆ ที่เป็นเหตุให้ผู้คนทำบาป! ถึงแม้สิ่งเหล่านี้ต้องเกิดขึ้น แต่วิบัติแก่ผู้ที่เป็นต้นเหตุให้สิ่งเหล่านี้เกิดขึ้น!
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - วิบัติจงเกิดแก่โลก เพราะการล่อลวงให้คนทำบาป การล่อลวงเหล่านั้นมักจะมาถึงตัว แต่วิบัติจะเกิดแก่คนที่นำสิ่งล่อลวงมา

Acts 1:18 - “As you know, he took the evil bribe money and bought a small farm. There he came to a bad end, rupturing his belly and spilling his guts. Everybody in Jerusalem knows this by now; they call the place Murder Meadow. It’s exactly what we find written in the Psalms: Let his farm become haunted So no one can ever live there. “And also what was written later: Let someone else take over his post.
1 Timothy 6:1 - Whoever is a slave must make the best of it, giving respect to his master so that outsiders don’t blame God and our teaching for his behavior. Slaves with Christian masters all the more so—their masters are really their beloved brothers!
1 Samuel 2:22 - By this time Eli was very old. He kept getting reports on how his sons were ripping off the people and sleeping with the women who helped out at the sanctuary. Eli called them out: “What’s going on here? Why are you doing these things? I hear story after story of your corrupt and evil carrying on. Oh, my sons, this is not right! These are terrible reports I’m getting, stories spreading right and left among God’s people! If you sin against another person, there’s help—God’s help. But if you sin against God, who is around to help?”
1 Samuel 2:25 - But they were far gone in disobedience and refused to listen to a thing their father said. So God, who was fed up with them, decreed their death. But the boy Samuel was very much alive, growing up, blessed by God and popular with the people.
Matthew 23:13 - “I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you religion scholars, you Pharisees! Frauds! Your lives are roadblocks to God’s kingdom. You refuse to enter, and won’t let anyone else in either.
Matthew 23:15 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You go halfway around the world to make a convert, but once you get him you make him into a replica of yourselves, double-damned.
Matthew 23:16 - “You’re hopeless! What arrogant stupidity! You say, ‘If someone makes a promise with his fingers crossed, that’s nothing; but if he swears with his hand on the Bible, that’s serious.’ What ignorance! Does the leather on the Bible carry more weight than the skin on your hands? And what about this piece of trivia: ‘If you shake hands on a promise, that’s nothing; but if you raise your hand that God is your witness, that’s serious’? What ridiculous hairsplitting! What difference does it make whether you shake hands or raise hands? A promise is a promise. What difference does it make if you make your promise inside or outside a house of worship? A promise is a promise. God is present, watching and holding you to account regardless.
Matthew 23:23 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required. Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that’s wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons?
Matthew 23:25 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You buff the surface of your cups and bowls so they sparkle in the sun, while the insides are maggoty with your greed and gluttony. Stupid Pharisee! Scour the insides, and then the gleaming surface will mean something.
Matthew 23:27 - “You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You’re like manicured grave plots, grass clipped and the flowers bright, but six feet down it’s all rotting bones and worm-eaten flesh. People look at you and think you’re saints, but beneath the skin you’re total frauds.
Revelation 2:20 - “But why do you let that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet mislead my dear servants into Cross-denying, self-indulging religion? I gave her a chance to change her ways, but she has no intention of giving up a career in the god-business. I’m about to lay her low, along with her partners, as they play their sex-and-religion games. The bastard offspring of their idol-whoring I’ll kill. Then every church will know that appearances don’t impress me. I x-ray every motive and make sure you get what’s coming to you.
2 Timothy 3:1 - Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 - Before that day comes, a couple of things have to happen. First, the Apostasy. Second, the debut of the Anarchist, a partner in crime with Satan. He’ll defy and then take over every so-called god or altar. Having cleared away the opposition, he’ll then set himself up in God’s Temple as “God Almighty.” Don’t you remember me going over all this in detail when I was with you? Are your memories that short?
2 Thessalonians 2:6 - You’ll also remember that I told you the Anarchist is being held back until just the right time. That doesn’t mean that the spirit of anarchy is not now at work. It is, secretly and underground. But the time will come when the Anarchist will no longer be held back, but will be let loose. But don’t worry. The Master Jesus will be right on his heels and blow him away. The Master appears and—puff!—the Anarchist is out of there.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The Anarchist’s coming is all Satan’s work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they’re so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they’re banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions.
1 Timothy 4:1 - The Spirit makes it clear that as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional liars. These liars have lied so well and for so long that they’ve lost their capacity for truth. They will tell you not to get married. They’ll tell you not to eat this or that food—perfectly good food God created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by believers who know better! Everything God created is good, and to be received with thanks. Nothing is to be sneered at and thrown out. God’s Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.
2 Timothy 4:3 - You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food—catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you—keep your eye on what you’re doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God’s servant.
Jude 1:12 - These people are eyesores at your love feasts as you worship and eat together. They’re giving you a black eye—carousing shamelessly, grabbing anything that isn’t nailed down. They’re— Puffs of smoke pushed by gusts of wind; late autumn trees stripped clean of leaf and fruit, Doubly dead, pulled up by the roots; wild ocean waves leaving nothing on the beach but the foam of their shame; Lost stars in outer space on their way to the black hole.
2 Peter 2:2 - They give the way of truth a bad name. They’re only out for themselves. They’ll say anything, anything, that sounds good to exploit you. They won’t, of course, get by with it. They’ll come to a bad end, for God has never just stood by and let that kind of thing go on.
Revelation 2:14 - “But why do you indulge that Balaam crowd? Don’t you remember that Balaam was an enemy agent, seducing Balak and sabotaging Israel’s holy pilgrimage by throwing unholy parties? And why do you put up with the Nicolaitans, who do the same thing?
2 Peter 2:15 - They’ve left the main road and are directionless, having taken the way of Balaam, son of Beor, the prophet who turned profiteer, a connoisseur of evil. But Balaam was stopped in his wayward tracks: A dumb animal spoke in a human voice and prevented the prophet’s craziness.
2 Peter 2:17 - There’s nothing to these people—they’re dried-up fountains, storm-scattered clouds, headed for a black hole in hell. They are loudmouths, full of hot air, but still they’re dangerous. Men and women who have recently escaped from a deviant life are most susceptible to their brand of seduction. They promise these newcomers freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for if they’re addicted to corruption—and they are—they’re enslaved.
Luke 17:1 - He said to his disciples, “Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on! Better to wear a concrete vest and take a swim with the fishes than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time!