Too focused
The things that come out from within are what defile (Mark 7: 15)
A fairy tale to keep children happy?
Cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 25, 30)
Faithfully following Jesus
Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him. (Matthew 25: 6)
In our thoughts, words, and actions
Stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. (Matthew 24: 42)
Ready to apologise and try to do better?
So you also outwardly appear righteous to others. (Matthew 23: 28)
A great man from the past?
You will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. (John 1: 51)
Help or hinderance?
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. (Matthew 23, 13)
A tough and divisive hardliner
This is a hard saying; who can listen to it? (John 6: 60)
Being in good standing with God
Whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Matthew 23: 12)
Right priority
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart. (Matthew 22: 37)
Sacrilege invokes God’s anger
When the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. (Matthew 22: 11)
By next Sunday
So the last will be first, and the first last. (Matthew 20: 16)