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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let them alone,.... Have nothing to say, or do with them; do not mind their anger and resentment, their reproaches and reflections, nor trouble yourselves at the offence they have taken; if they will go, let them go; they are a worthless generation of men, who are not to be regarded, hearkened to, nor to be pleased; it matters not what they say of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. So you need not trouble to shove them in, you let them alone, it will come to an end. There are some forms of error which Christ may denounce, but which his disciples had better let alone, there is a ditch ready and waiting for them...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Our Lord did not soften or tone down his previous language, but he revealed the true character of the false guides by whom so many were deluded.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. The bad teacher and he that is badly taught, for they are both responsible, shall both fall into the ditch. No man can lay the sin of his being misdirected entirely upon his priest or his teacher. He had no business to have...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then answered Peter,.... Mark says, "his disciples asked him concerning the parable"; which might be by the mouth of Peter; who, probably, being the eldest man, and very forward to speak, was generally their spokesman: and who, at this time, might be requested, by the rest, to ask the meaning of the parable, which had given offence to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? It was not a parable, it was a plain piece of simple language that the Saviour had uttered: “not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. “We do not understand it; what is its meaning?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then answered Peter and said unto him Declare unto us this parable. And Jesus said Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus said,.... As wondering at, and as being displeased with, and as reproving them for their dulness and ignorance: are ye also yet without understanding? you, my disciples, as well as the Scribes and Pharisees; you, who have been with me so long, who have heard so many discourses from me, who for so long a time have been instructed by me,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? And so there is an end of it.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Do not ye understand,.... You must understand, you cannot be so ignorant, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? that is, that whatsoever food a man takes in at his mouth, he swallows down, and it is received into his stomach; which, having performed its office, the grosser parts go down...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught . — But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. It is not that which we eat that defileth us. If it is such food as we ought to take, it builds up the body. If it is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But those things which proceed out of the mouth,.... Meaning not material things, as spittle, vomit, c. but, as it follows, which come forth from the heart: are first conceived and formed there, and then come forth from thence, and are expressed by the mouth as all idle words, foolish talking, filthy jesting, unsavoury communication, and every...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. The main matter to be considered is the heart, not the mouth, and other parts of the body. Note how our Lord, by this great truth, puts the axe to much that looks very fair stood good, and cuts it down as worthless. If we serve God with the heart,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: these are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Then Jesus went thence, and departed into...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,.... Of God, of Christ, of the Spirit, of fellow creatures, and of all sorts of wickedness. The thoughts of sin are evil, are to be hated, forsaken, and for which men are accountable to God. All wicked imaginations, carnal reasonings, lustful desires, and malicious contrivances, are here included; which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: What a horrible den the heart itself must be, then! If all these evils come out of it, what a nest of unclean things it must be! A dreadful sight to the all-seeing God must be an uncleansed human heart. Let me read this verse again’...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:Tthese are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. He did not like the Pharisees well enough to stay among them. His own...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
These are the things which defile a man,.... These are filthy in themselves, and must pollute all in whom they are; they bring a defilement on the whole man, both body and soul, fasten guilt upon him, and expose him to everlasting punishment: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man: should a man neglect to wash his bands before eating a...