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621 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 988.27 (Matthew Henry)
… hither the poor and the maimed, the halt and the blind; pick up the common beggars.” The servants object not that it will be a disparagement to the master and his …
622 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 988.35 (Matthew Henry)
… count the cost. Let them consider that it will cost them the mortifying of their sins, even the most beloved lusts; it will cost them a life of self-denial and …
623 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 989.55 (Matthew Henry)
… in the flesh and in the Lord, the titles that belong to them. Let the rich call the poor brethren, and let the innocents call the penitents so. 3. He aggravated his …
624 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 990.25 (Matthew Henry)
… .] That the indulgence of the body, and the ease and pleasure of that, are the ruin of many a soul, and the interests of it. It is true, eating good meat and wearing good …
625 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.18 (Matthew Henry)
… the law, and so glorified God with his worldly estate. Now all this was very well and commendable. Miserable is the condition of those who come short of the righteousness …
626 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.24 (Matthew Henry)
… , as the children of freemen are freemen. If the parents be members of the visible church, the children are so too; for, if the root be holy, the branches are so. 7. So …
627 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.34 (Matthew Henry)
… to the poor, who are God’s receivers of his dues out of our estates. (3.) If he think meanly of this world, as he ought, he will not stick at selling what he has, if there …
628 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.37 (Matthew Henry)
… his estate in charitable uses. Christ asserts the difficulty of the salvation of rich people very emphatically: It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s …
629 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 993.3 (Matthew Henry)
… rich. The inferior publicans were commonly men of broken fortunes, and low in the world; but he that was chief of the publicans had raised a good estate. Christ …
630 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 993.8 (Matthew Henry)
… at the first word; though hitherto I have been uncharitable to the poor, now I will relieve them, and give so much the more for having neglected the duty so long …
631 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 993.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the sincerity of their repentance but by making restitution. Observe, He does not think that his giving half his estate to the poor will atone for the wrong …
632 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 994.32 (Matthew Henry)
… of the precedency that was given them in all places of concourse. They loved the highest seats in the synagogues and the chief rooms at feasts, and, when they …
633 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1000.13 (Matthew Henry)
… low estate. The bridegroom might have sent out for more wine, but she was for going to the fountain-head. Note, [1.] We ought to be concerned for the wants and straits …
634 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1001.68 (Matthew Henry)
[1.] He is the beloved Son of the Father ( John 3:35 ): The Father loveth the Son. The prophets were faithful as servants, but Christ as a Son; they were employed as servants …
635 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1002.90 (Matthew Henry)
… over the vulgar prejudices that men have against true worth in a low estate. Blessed are they that are not offended in Christ at the first sight. So far were …
636 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1002.99 (Matthew Henry)
… (so the Latin), a little king; so called, either for the largeness of his estate, or the extent of his power, or the royalties that belonged to his manor. Some understand …
637 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1003.63 (Matthew Henry)
… worm, the son of man a worm; yet this was the nature, this the character, which the Redeemer assumed, in pursuance of the counsels of love; to this low estate he stooped …
638 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1004.9 (Matthew Henry)
… low estate, and not to set those with the dogs of our flock whom Christ hath set with the lambs of his. The souls of the poor are as precious to Christ, and should …
639 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1005.22 (Matthew Henry)
… with the Father, he might truly have said, My doctrine is mine, and his that sent me; but being now in his estate of humiliation, and being, as Mediator, God’s servant …
640 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1006.114 (Matthew Henry)
(1.) Some understand this literally. They were not the sons of the bondwoman, as the Ishmaelites were; nor begotten in incest, as the Moabites and Ammonites were …