Luke 11:42-44
42 “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”
In what we call worship and religious acts to please God, how easy it is to fall in this trap of missing the mark by injustice or lack of love shown to others. We can look for the best place and greet the right (or "wrong") people for appearances. Jesus said this is hypocrisy, like spiritual dead men walking - so dead to God that others may pass over your grave unaware. God wants justice tempered by mercy, and love for God and others in spirit and truth.
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