Quotes About Authenticity

Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kingsí palaces.

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ëThese people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.í

Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.

You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.

For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.