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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. A very wonderful omission certainly, but it seems to have struck them as a very great crime. “They wash not their hands when they eat bread” — as if the commands...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, — They had taken a journey to come and attack him; perhaps they had been sent as a deputation to try to thwart the Saviour. What a vexation of spirit it must have been to his pure and holy mind to come into conflict with these triflers, these self-righteous, self-confident...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to try and worry him. They were a kind of mosquito swarm to Christ, had he not been a perfect man they might have worried him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, honour thy father and mother:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. Would you have thought that full-grown men could have made it a matter of business to come from Jerusalem down into the country to talk to Christ about the fact that his disciples did not always wash their hands before they ate their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. “Why do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? “ Generally a good man is held responsible for the acts of his followers. If they cannot find fault with Christ they will find fault with his disciples, who must have been...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say. Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? He answered their question by asking another, in which he drew the contrast between transgressing the tradition of the elders and transgressing the commandment of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? He did not deign to answer their question, but posed them with another.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Now, may God save us from these two faults. The first is that of being content with the outside...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Our Lord never flattered anybody; see how honestly, and in what plain terms, he addressed these...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men. Christ spoke very plainly to them, there is no dealing with hypocrites with kid gloves; these...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. “And he called the multitude and said unto them: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man “ — not that which he eats and drinks, “but that which cometh out...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he called the multitude, As much as if he had said to the scribes and Pharisees, “I cannot waste my time arguing with you; I am going to talk to these poor people who are perishing, and I shall have more hope of doing good among the multitude than among you, though you do consider yourselves the aristocracy of the church.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. This was not very clear at first, it needed to be thought over and well considered. The Saviour dropped it into the popular mind, like a seed, and left it to grow, and develop in due season.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Religion stands not in meats and drinks and divers washings or anything external: it lies in the heart; it is that which comes out of the heart that is the true...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. True religion does not consist in meats and drinks, in feasting or in fasting. It is not that which goes into us, but that which comes out or us, which is the main...