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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? Some very kind friends are very jealous of the preacher, lest he should offend anybody, and they will come in all tenderness of spirit and say, “Knowest thou, that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? The wonder was that they were not offended before. It certainly was not a matter of concern to Christ whether they were offended or not; he would not tone down the truth in order to please them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. They stand like a grove of trees, men take shelter under their great knowledge, but God never planted them; and therefore they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? They thought a very great deal of the opinion of the Pharisees; and they were greatly concerned because their Master had offended them. These Pharisees set themselves up as the judges of everything that was correct and proper in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father not planted, shall be rooted up. Every teacher whom God has not sent will find his teaching contradicted by Christ. The truth is like a spade; it turns up the soil for that life to grow in it which should grow, and it is also the means of killing the weeds: “Every plant, which my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. The truth is often intended to be a rooter up. I have no doubt that our Lord said many things which had no other intention than the discovery of these deceitful men to themselves and others, that their baneful influence might be destroyed. Our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up. He had not any peculiar tenderness towards them, they were no plants of his Father’s planting: they deserved to be rooted up, and their teaching was so utterly false that, if he had offended against it, he was glad to have done so.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...