Proverbs 10:15
10:15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city,
but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
Mark 6:2-3
6:2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue.
Many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did he get these ideas?
And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?
6:3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son
of Mary
and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.
John 7:47-49
7:47 Then the Pharisees answered,
“You haven’t been deceived too, have you?
7:48 None of the rulers
or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?
7:49 But this rabble
who do not know the law are accursed!”
John 9:24-34
9:24 Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, “Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”
9:25 He replied, “I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing – that although I was blind, now I can see.”
9:26 Then they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?”
9:27 He answered, “I told you already and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”
9:28 They heaped insults on him, saying, “You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses!
9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!”
9:30 The man replied, “This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!
9:31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
9:32 Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.
9:33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
9:34 They replied, “You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.
John 9:1
Healing a Man Born Blind
9:1 Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
Colossians 1:26-29
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.
1:28 We proclaim him by instructing
and teaching
all people
with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature
in Christ.
1:29 Toward this goal
I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully
works in me.
James 2:2-6
2:2 For if someone
comes into your assembly
wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,
2:3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,
“You sit here in a good place,”
and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor”?
2:4 If so, have you not made distinctions
among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?
2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters!
Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
2:6 But you have dishonored the poor!
Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?