⁶ He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you ^(A)hypocrites, as it is written:

¹⁶ They profess to ^(A)know God, but ^(B)in works they deny Him, being ^[a]abominable, disobedient, ^(C)and disqualified for every good work.

³¹ So ^(A)they come to you as people do, they ^(B)sit before you as My people, and they ^(C)hear your words, but they do not do them; ^(D)for with their mouth they show much love, but ^(E)their hearts pursue their own gain. ³² Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do ^(F)not do them.

²⁴ He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and ^(A)the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

⁶ Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.

²² But ^(A)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.