Romans 2:19 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹⁹ and you are sure that you can guide the blind, enlighten people who are in the dark,

¹⁶ The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"

¹⁴ You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden.

²³ but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, your very light is darkness, how deep the darkness will be!

¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides! But if one blind man leads another, they will both fall into the ditch!"

¹⁶ Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the sanctuary, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, it is binding.' ¹⁷ Blind fools! which is greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that makes the gold sacred? ¹⁸ You say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the offering that is on it, it is binding.' ¹⁹ You blind men! Which is greater, the offering, or the altar that makes the offering sacred? ²⁰ Anyone who swears by the altar is swearing by it and by everything that is on it, ²¹ and anyone who swears by the sanctuary is swearing by it and by him who dwells in it; ²² and anyone who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. ²³ "Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go—justice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others. ²⁴ You blind guides! straining out the gnat, and yet swallowing the camel! ²⁵ Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

¹⁵ I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it at all."

⁷⁹ To shine on men who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."

⁴⁶ The attendants answered, "No man ever talked as he does!" ⁴⁷ The Pharisees answered, "Have you been imposed upon too? ⁴⁸ Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ But these common people who do not know the Law are doomed!"

³⁴ They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue.

⁴⁰ Some Pharisees who were present heard this, and they said to him, "Then are we blind too?" ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would be guilty of no sin, but as it is, you say 'We can see'; so your sin continues.

¹⁸ to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

¹⁸ Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise.

¹⁰ We are made fools of, for the sake of Christ, while you are men of sense, through being united with him. We are weak, you are strong. You are distinguished, we are despised.

¹ About food that has been offered to idols, it is true, as you say, that we all have some knowledge on that matter. Knowledge gives people airs; love is what builds up character. ² If a man thinks he has acquired some knowledge, he does not yet know it as well as he ought to know it.

¹⁵ so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,

¹⁷ Because you say, "I am rich, I have become wealthy, I need nothing," and you do not know that it is you that are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked, ¹⁸ I advise you to buy of me gold that has been tested with fire, so that you may be rich, and white clothes to put on, to keep your shameful nakedness from being seen, and salve to put on your eyes, to make you see.