Jeremiah 5:5
5:5 I will go to the leaders
and speak with them.
Surely they know what the Lord demands.
Surely they know what their God requires of them.”
Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority
and refuse to submit to him.
Matthew 11:25
Jesus’ Invitation
11:25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
John 7:48
7:48 None of the rulers
or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?
John 7:1
The Feast of Tabernacles
7:1 After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.
Colossians 1:26-27
1:26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.
1:27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious
riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 2:7-8
2:7 rooted
and built up in him and firm
in your
faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
2:8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you
through an empty, deceitful philosophy
that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits
of the world, and not according to Christ.
James 2:6-7
2:6 But you have dishonored the poor!
Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
2:7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?