Were true.
Jesus
Came to untwist it.
Because an eye for an eye
And a tooth for a toothLeviticus 24:20
Was deemed
More weighty a matter
Than mercy
Or forgiveness
Or turning the other cheek.Micah 6:8Isaiah 50:6
And sanctimonious
Public prayers
And flowing robes
And pious airsMatthew 23Mark 12:41-44
Had overshadowed
True humility
And sincerity
And doing good deeds
From the heart.Proverbs 14:31Colossians 3:12-15
But when Jesus came
To make it straight,
Those who loved it crooked
Found fault.
"Then the Pharisees
And scribes
Asked Him,
'Why do Your disciples
Not walk
According to the tradition
Of the elders,
But eat bread
With unwashed hands?'
He answered
And said to them,
'Well did Isaiah
Prophesy of you
Hypocrites,
As it is written:
'This people
Honors Me
With their lips,
But their heart
Is far from Me.
And in vain
They worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines
The commandments of men.' ' "Mark 7:5-7
In Bible times
Men taught
That pleasing God
To gain the blessing
That they sought
Was extremely difficult
And very hard.