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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy, ) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, we never saw it on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. Better air than there was in the house, and more room, but he kept to the same gospel. He taught them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. Swept up his shekels — gathered up his account books — stopped no longer. He rose from taking toll to follow the Master. Oh! for just such a word tonight to some here present. “Follow me.” And would to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, If the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. They had offended the Pharisees by not fasting, and now they were offending them again in a similar way, though with reference to a different matter.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? According to some Rabbis, you might pick an ear of wheat on the Sabbath-day, but if you rubbed it between your hands, they said that was a sort of thieving which was a kind of labour that must not be performed on the Sabbath. They made all sorts of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the High priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? And he said unto them, The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. You can easily picture that scene, — the Master sitting down in the vessel, with a little breathing space of water between himself and the crowd, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: He did not go out to show himself, to let people see how dexterous he was at the art of sowing seed; but he “went out to sow.” And every true preacher should go out with this one design, — to scatter broadcast the good...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. He could not help that; it was not his fault, but the fault of the way side and of the fowls. So, when the Word of God is denied entrance into men’s hearts, if it be faithfully preached, the preacher shall not be blamed by his Master; the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: Persons with shallow characters are often very quick in receiving religious impressions, but they also lose them just as quickly. Those who are hasty and impulsive are as easily turned the wrong way as the right way.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root,. it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. Thank God for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Had he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Some people have ears, but they have not “ears to hear.” They have ears, but they close them to that which they ought to hear. When a man is really willing to listen to the truth, then may God help him to listen with all his heart, and spiritually!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? “For this is one of the simplest of them all; if you do not understand this parable, what will you understand?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts, There is always a bird where there is a seed lying on the road, and there is always a devil where there is a sermon heard, but not received into the heart....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. These are the people that trouble and grieve the...