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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. They were to “quarter on the enemy,” as we say. Wherever they went, they would be furnished with food, and raiment, and shelter, if they faithfully executed the commission...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. The people at that time were favourably disposed to our Lord, and thus his apostles might expect treatment of a more generous kind than can be looked for in these times....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. How about your houses, dear friends. Are they “worthy” houses, in this New...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Despised and rejected privileges make the fiercest fuel for the fires of hell. They who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: “Do not trust yourselves with them.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: “Behold, I send you forth.” What power there is in the word of the King of kings! “’I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves.’ You are like sheep, helpless and defenseless; yet ‘I send you forth,’ and therefore it is right for you to go even into ‘the midst of wolves.’” We might...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. It is a strange errand that you are sent upon — not as dogs to fight with the wolves. Yet you are to fight with them, but you are to go as lambs in the midst of wolves. Expect, therefore that they will rend you. Bear much, for ever in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. “Let...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. “Do not try to live on popular applause, ‘but beware of men.’ Expect ill treatment from them; if they can persecute you with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. It is very remarkable what wise answers many of the martyrs often gave. Illiterate men, when confronted by the learned ones of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. Oh! that is grand, — when a man has so communed with God that the very Spirit of the Father has entered into him. Then shall there be a wondrous power about his speech; men may not understand whence it came, but they will be obliged to feel the force of it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. Strange venom of human nature. It never grows so angry against anything as against God’s truth....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. Read the marterologies, and see whether it was not exactly as our Lord foretold that it would be. In martyr times, men often burst all the bonds of natural affection, and betrayed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. When we give ourselves to Christ, we must do it without any reserve and be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. They had not been able to get all through Palestine before the destruction of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. I suppose Christ here alludes to that wondrous coming of his in the destruction of Jerusalem. They had but a short time in which to evangelize that land, so they had to be quick...