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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
EZEKIEL
CHAPTER 33
  31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they ahear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their bmouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their ccovetousness.

Footnotes
31a
Matt. 11: 15.
  15 He that hath ears to ahear, let him hear.
Heb. 5: 11 (11-14)
  11 Of whom we have many things to say, and ahard to be buttered, seeing ye are dull of chearing.
2 Ne. 9: 31.
  31 And wo unto the deaf that will not ahear; for they shall perish.
D&C 1: 14.
  14 And the aarm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the bday cometh that they who will not chear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his dservants, neither give eheed to the words of the prophets and fapostles, shall be gcut off from among the people;
b
Isa. 29: 13.
  13 ¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people adraw near me with their bmouth, and with their lips do chonour me, but have dremoved their eheart far from me, and their ffear toward me is taught by the gprecept of men:
Matt. 15: 8 (7-8)
  8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their amouth, and bhonoureth me with their lips; but their cheart is far from me.
Luke 6: 46.
  46 ¶ And why acall ye me, bLord, Lord, and cdo not the things which I say?
Alma 34: 28.
  28 And now behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, do not suppose that this is all; for after ye have done all these things, if ye aturn away the bneedy, and the cnaked, and visit not the sick and afflicted, and dimpart of your substance, if ye have, to those who stand in need—I say unto you, if ye do not any of these things, behold, your eprayer is fvain, and availeth you nothing, and ye are as ghypocrites who do deny the faith.
JS-H 1: 19.
  19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all awrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those bprofessors were all ccorrupt; that: “they ddraw near to me with their lips, but their ehearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the fcommandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the gpower thereof.”
c
Ps. 119: 36.
  36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to acovetousness.
Isa. 57: 17.
  17 For the ainiquity of his bcovetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on cfrowardly in the way of his heart.