But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit,

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew?

The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you!

Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness – the one who does not love his fellow Christian – is not of God.

They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?”

Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”