Romans 2:21 Cross References - BBE

²¹ You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?

¹⁶ But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth? ¹⁷ Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words. ¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives. ¹⁹ You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit. ²⁰ You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son. ²¹ These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

¹¹ Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.

¹² In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord. ¹³ See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.

²⁷ Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

⁴ Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land, ⁵ Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit; ⁶ Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.

¹¹ Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

¹³ And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

³ All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not. ⁴ They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them. ⁵ But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes, ⁶ And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues, ⁷ And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher. ⁸ But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. ⁹ And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰ And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ. ¹¹ But let the greatest among you be your servant. ¹² And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high. ¹³ But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back. ¹⁴ (OMITTED TEXT) ¹⁵ A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. ¹⁶ A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. ¹⁷ You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy? ¹⁸ And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible. ¹⁹ You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy? ²⁰ He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. ²¹ And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is. ²² And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it. ²³ A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone. ²⁴ You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel. ²⁵ A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean. ²⁷ A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things. ²⁸ Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

²³ And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

⁴⁶ And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.

⁴⁷ And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

²² He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

²⁷ But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

¹³ Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

¹ But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching: ² That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind. ³ That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good, ⁴ Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children, ⁵ To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God. ⁶ To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded: ⁷ In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,