For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

Herod said, “I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.

And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, “This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.