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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, — Oh, what divine dignity there is in this majestic Person. He claims authority to speak, even though he should contradict all the Rabbis and all the learned men that went before him: “I say unto you,” — Mat_5:22. That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar,.... The Jews obliged such who had done any damage to their neighbours, by stealing from them, to make satisfaction before they brought their offering; concerning which they say (c), "he that brings what he has stolen, before he brings his trespass offering, is right; he that brings his trespass...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. The Pharisee would urge as a cover for his malice that he brought a sacrifice to make atonement, but our Lord...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Note that this injunction is addressed to the man who has offended against his brother; why is this? Because he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. It is said that, in Hindustan, there is a complete divorce of religion from morality, so that a man may be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Leave there thy gift before the altar,.... This might easily be done, and the business soon dispatched, at some seasons; particularly, at their public feasts, as the passover, pentecost, and feast of tabernacles, when all the Israelites were together: and go thy way; make what haste thou canst, first be reconciled to thy brother: use all means to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Agree with thine adversary quickly,.... These words are not to be understood in an allegorical sense, as if "the adversary" was the justice of God, demanding payment of debts; "the way", this present life; "the judge", God himself; "the officer", the devil; "the prison", the pit of hell; and "the uttermost farthing", the least sin, which will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. In all disagreements be eager for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Agree with thine adversary quickly, Always be ready to make peace, — not peace at any price; but, still, peace at any price except the sacrifice of righteousness.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. And there are some debts of which we cannot pay the uttermost farthing;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. There is nothing like ending disputes...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Verily, I say unto thee,.... This may be depended upon, you may assure yourself of it, that thou shalt by no means come out thence, from prison, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing, or "last farthing"; or as the Ethiopic version reads it, "till thou hast exactly paid all"; which seems to express the inexorableness of the creditor, and the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye have heard that it was said,.... These forms of speech, as well as what follows, by them of old time, have been explained, in ver. 21. The law here mentioned, thou shalt not commit adultery, is recorded in Exodus 20:14 and the meaning of our Lord is, not that the then present Jews had heard that such a law had been delivered "to the ancients",...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. In this case our King again sets aside the glosses of men upon the commands of God, and makes the law to be seen in its vast spiritual...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. So that the unholy desire, the lascivious glance, everything that approximates towards licentiousness, is here condemned; and Christ is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman,.... Many and severe are the prohibitions of the Jews, concerning looking upon a woman, which they aggravate as a very great sin: they say (k), it is not lawful to look upon a beautiful woman, though unmarried; nor upon another man's wife, though deformed; nor upon a woman's coloured garments:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if thy right eye offend thee,.... Or "cause thee to offend", to stumble, and fall into sin. Our Lord has no regard here to near and dear relations seeking to alienate us from God and Christ, and hinder us in the pursuit of divine things; whose solicitations are to be rejected with the utmost indignation, and they themselves to be parted with,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. That which is the cause of sin is to be given up as well as the sin itself. It is not sinful to have an eye, or to cultivate keen perception; but if the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if thy right hand offend thee,.... Or "cause thee to offend"; that is, is the means of ensnaring thine heart; and of drawing thee into either mental, or actual adultery; for, as before, all unchaste looks, so here, all unchaste touches, embraces, c. are condemned. As adultery may be committed in the heart, and by the eye, so with the hand:...