"Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day in the desert at Massah.

and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry.

This is another thing you do. You drown the LORD's altar with tears, weeping and wailing because he no longer accepts the offerings you bring him.

You ask why he no longer accepts them. It is because he knows you have broken your promise to the wife you married when you were young. She was your partner, and you have broken your promise to her, although you promised before God that you would be faithful to her.

Jesus said to them, "Moses wrote this law for you because you are so hard to teach.

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires." So John agreed.

So the demons begged Jesus, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

I tell you this not as an order, but simply as a permission.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one.

He and his wife, and his sons and their wives, went into the boat to escape the flood.

The LORD said to his people, "Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths and where the best road is. Walk in it, and you will live in peace." But they said, "No, we will not!"