Daily DEVOTIONAL

Matthew 23:25-39: True Religion

March 8, 2025

Numbers 18-20, Psalm 55, Matthew 23:25-39, Romans 6:1-14 Matthew 23:25-39: Jesus’ denouncement of pharisaic, fake religion continues.    Such fake religion is characterized, next, by a concern for external cleanliness over against internal (23:25-26). Washing, ritual cleaning—all these are ways to cover up the malice within.   This, then, has a repercussion and an effect. Such fake religion creates “whitewashed…

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