A moment in scripture
Luke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
The surrounding passage
- Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
- Luke 16:16
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
- Luke 16:17
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.