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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. Let him have all he asks, and more. Better lose a suit of cloth than be drawn into a suit in law. The courts of our Lord’s day were vicious, and his disciples were advised to suffer wrong sooner than appeal to them. Our own courts often furnish the surest...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile,.... The word αγγαρευσει, rendered "compel", is generally said to be of Persic original; the "Angari", among the Persians, were the king's messengers, or those who rode post, and were maintained at the king's expenses; and had power to take horses, and other carriages, and even men, into their service,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Governments in those days demanded forced service through their petty officers. Christians were to be of a yielding temper, and bear a double exaction rather than provoke ill words and anger. We ought not to evade taxation, but stand ready to render to Caesar his due. “Yield” is our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. If you can do him any service, do it cheerfully, do it readily. Do what he wants of you.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Give to him that asketh thee,.... To every man, Lu 6:30 whether Jew or Gentile; friend or foe; believer or unbeliever; a good, or a bad man; worthy or unworthy; deserving or not, that asketh alms, whether food or money; give it freely, readily, cheerfully, according to your abilities, and as the necessity of the object requires: for such rules are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Be generous. A miser is no follower of Jesus. Discretion is to be used in our giving, lest we encourage idleness and beggary; but the general rule is, “Give to him that asketh thee.” Sometimes a loan may be more useful than a gift, do not refuse it to those...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. This is the spirit of the Christian — to live with the view of doing service.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye have heard that it hath been said,.... By, or to them of old time. This law has been delivered to them, thou shalt love thy neighbour, with this appendage to it, or false gloss upon it, and hate thine enemy; for the first of these only is the law of Moses, Leviticus 19:18, the other is the addition, or wrong interpretation of the Scribes and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. In this case a command of Scripture had a human antithesis fitted on to it by depraved minds and this human addition was mischievous. This is a common method, to append to the teaching of Scripture a something which seems to grow out of it, or to be a natural...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I say unto you, love your enemies,.... That is, as the Apostle Paul may be thought to interpret the words of Christ, Romans 12:20. "If thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink": unless our Lord should be supposed rather to regard the internal affection of the mind; since outward expressions of love, by words and works, are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. God constantly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Ours it is to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That ye may be the children of your father,.... Not that any became the children of God, by doing things in imitation of him: for as in nature no man becomes the son of another by imitating him, or by doing the things he does but either by birth, or by adoption; so in grace no man becomes a child of God by the works he does, as a follower of God,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For if ye love them which love you,.... That is, if ye only love such that love you; for that such who love should be loved again, is both natural and just: our Lord's meaning is not, that ye ought not to love them that love you, but that these should not be the only objects of your love; for should this be the case, what reward have ye? or "shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Stretch towards the highest conceivable standard, and be not satisfied till you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Rise out of ordinary manhood. Get beyond what others might expect of you. Have a high standard. “Be ye, therefore, perfect, even as your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? Any common sort of man will love those who love him; even tax gatherers and the scum of the earth can rise to this poor, starveling virtue. Saints cannot be content with such a groveling style of things. “Love for love is manlike,” but “love for hate” is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if you salute your brethren only,.... This does not mean salutation by embraces or kisses, but by words, asking of each other's welfare, and wishing prosperity and happiness to one another. "The manner of salutation among the wise men was this (e); he that salutes says, a good day to my lord; and he replies, saying, a good, and long day to my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? On a journey, or in the streets, or in the house, we are not to confine our friendly greetings to those who are near and dear to us. Courtesy should be wide, and none the less sincere because general. We should speak kindly to all, and treat every man...