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Ask a QuestionAnd he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female--or better, perhaps, "He that made them made them from the beginning a male...
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry--that is, "In this view of marriage, surely it must prove a snare rather than a blessing, and had...
And said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right--just, equitable, in proportion to their time. I will give you. And they went their way.
But he answered one of them--doubtless the spokesman of the complaining party. and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? &c.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they did unto them likewise--see 2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 36:16, 18; Ne 9:26.
Go ye therefore into the highways--the great outlets and thoroughfares, whether of town or country, where human beings are to be found. and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage--that is,...
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts--The word "room" is now obsolete in the sense here intended. It should be "the uppermost place," that is, the place of highest honor. and the chief seats in...
Behold, your house--the temple, beyond all doubt; but their house now, not the Lord's. See on Mt 22:7. is left unto you desolate--deserted, that is, of its Divine Inhabitant. But who is that? Hear...
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same--expressive of the activity which he put forth and the labor he bestowed. and made them other five talents.
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand--the side of honor (1Ki 2:19; Ps 45:9; 110:1, &c.). but the goats on the left--the side consequently of dishonor.
watched whether, &c.--In Matthew (Mt 12:9) this is put as an ensnaring question of theirs to our Lord, who accordingly speaks to the state of their hearts (Lu 6:9), just as if they had spoken it...
It is I; be not afraid--Matthew (Mt 14:27) and Mark (Mr 6:50) give before these exhilarating words, that to them well-known one, "Be of good cheer!"
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea--a prompt and involuntary testimony from the highest tribunal; which yet at length condemned Him to die. for thus it is written by the prophet--(Mic...
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet--(Isa 9:1, 2 or, as in Hebrew, Isaiah 8:23, and 9:1). saying--as follows:
And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship--rather, "in the ship," their fishing boat. with Zebedee their father, mending their...
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool--(quoting Isa 66:1); neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King--(quoting Ps48:2).
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face--as the Jews did, except when mourning (Da 10:3); so that the meaning is, "Appear as usual"--appear so as to attract no notice.
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these--What incomparable teaching!--best left in its own transparent clearness and rich simplicity.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them--that is, But the point I now press is not so much the end of such, as the means of detecting them; and this, as already said, is their fruits. The...
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country--(See on Mt 8:4). A Dumb Demoniac Healed (Mt 9:32-34).
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil--"a demonized person." blind and dumb, and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and the dumb both spake and saw.
And he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief--"save that He laid His hands on a few sick folk, and healed them" (Mr 6:5). See on Lu 4:16-30.
And he said, Come. And when Peter had come down out of the boat. he walked on the water, to go to Jesus--(Also see on Mr 6:50.)
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?--(Also see on Mr 6:50.)
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?--The charge is retorted with startling power: "The tradition they transgress is but man's,...
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?--Slowness of spiritual apprehension in His genuine disciples grieves the Saviour: from others He expects no better (Mt 13:11).
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?--Two rival schools (as we saw on Mt 5:31) were divided on this question--a delicate one, as De Wette pertinently remarks, in the...
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard--for true religion is a practical thing, a "bringing forth fruit unto God."
The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy--for how should those be deemed worthy to sit down at His table who had affronted Him by their treatment of His gracious invitation?...
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men--Is the sepulchre "sure" now, O ye chief priests? He that sitteth in the heavens doth laugh at you.