James 3:6 Cross References - MNT

⁶ And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

²² but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

²⁴ When the Pharisees heard it they said, "It is only by the aid of Beelzebub, the Prince of the demons, that this fellow is driving out demons."

³² "And if any man say a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in that which is to come. ³³ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for by its fruit the tree is known. ³⁴ "You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit. ³⁵ "A good man out of his good treasure brings forth good; and from his evil treasure a bad man brings out evil. ³⁶ "I tell you that for every careless word that men speak they shall give account on the day of judgment.

¹¹ "Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man." ¹² Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied. ¹³ "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. ¹⁴ "Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch." ¹⁵ Then Peter said to Jesus, "Explain the parable to us." ¹⁶ He answered. "Are even you still without understanding? ¹⁷ "Do you not know how all that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterward evacuated; ¹⁸ while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart—and that is what defiles a man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander. ²⁰ These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

¹⁵ "Listen to me, all of you, and understand; there is nothing outside a man which by entering in can defile him; but it is what comes from him that defiled him."

²⁰ "What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him. ²¹ From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes— ²² fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly—

⁵⁵ Meanwhile the high priests and all of the Sanhedrin were trying to get evidence against Jesus, so as to have him put to death, but they found none; ⁵⁶ for though many gave false witness against him, their testimony did not agree. ⁵⁷ Some came forward and swore falsely, saying,

²⁴ "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

³ "Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan so filled your heart that you are lying to the Holy Spirit, and keeping back part of the price of the land?

¹³ They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law.

³⁰ and that from among your own number, men will arise, perverting the truth, to draw away the disciples after them.

¹³ Their throat is an open grave; With their tongues they have used deceit. The venom of asps is under their lips. ¹⁴ Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

¹⁷ I exhort you, brothers, to keep watch of those who are causing the divisions among you, and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you have learned. ¹⁸ Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

¹³ For such fellows are sham apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ No wonder! for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is no great marvel, then, if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.

³ As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them; ⁴ so too with vulgarity and buffoonery and foolish jesting. Such words become you not, but rather thanksgiving.

⁸ But now you also must renounce them all. Anger, passion, and ill-will must be put away; slander, too, and foul talk, so that they may never soil your lips. ⁹ Lie not one to another, but strip off the old self with its doings,

⁹ even he whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, in every power and sign and lying wonder, ¹⁰ and with all deceit of unrighteousness for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their salvation. ¹¹ For this reason God is sending on them an energy of delusion, that they should put faith in a falsehood; ¹² so that they all should be condemned, who are faithless to the truth, but take pleasure in evil.

¹¹ for they upset whole households and, for filthy lucre's sake, teach what they ought not to teach.

⁷ Are they not blaspheming that glorious Name by which you are called?

¹ But there were false prophets, too, among the people, just as among you also there will be false teachers. These will secretly bring in destructive sects, denying even the Master who bought them, and bringing swift ruin upon themselves. ² Then there will be many who will follow their immorality, because of whom the Way of the Truth will be maligned.

³ Know this first, that mockers will come in the last days, in their mockery, men who walk the way of their own lusts

¹⁰ Do them when I come I will recall to mind the deeds which he is doing, prating against me with wicked words. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to receive the brothers, forbids those that would receive them, and excommunicates them from the church.

⁸ Yet in just the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, while they set at naught dominion and scoff at dignities. ⁹ But Michael, the Archangel, when in contending with the devil, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce sentence for blasphemy, but said, "The Lord rebuke you." ¹⁰ Yet these men blaspheme about matters of which they know nothing, while they use such things as they do understand by instinct (like the animals who have no reason) for their own destruction.

¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly deeds which in their ungodliness they have committed; and of all the hard things which they have spoken against Him, ungodly sinners that they are!" ¹⁶ For these are murmurers, always complaining. They always go where their passions lead, and their mouth speaks great swelling words, while they pay court to men for the sake of the advantage they can get. ¹⁷ But as for you, dearly beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸ how they used to say to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will be led only by their godless passions."

¹⁴ But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat food offered to idols, and to practise immorality. ¹⁵ So you have also some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

⁹ Now the great dragon was thrown down—that old Serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

¹ Then I saw rising up out of the sea a beast who had ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten diadems, and on his heads blasphemous titles. ² The beast I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were bear's feet, and his mouth a lion's mouth. The dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. ³ And I saw that one of his heads seemed to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly wound had been healed. The whole earth was following the beast, wondering. ⁴ Men worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying. "Who is like the beast? Who can fight with him?" ⁵ And he was permitted to utter loud boasts and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty-two months.

¹⁴ And he deceives those who dwell on the earth, because of the miracles, which he is permitted to perform in the sight of the beast. He tells those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the sword-stroke, yet lived.

²³ No light of a lamp shall ever shine in you again; And in you shall the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride be heard no more. For your merchants were the princes of the earth; And with your sorcery were all the nations deceived;

²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed miracles in his presence to deceive those who had received the brand of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire, blazing with brimstone.