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John Gill
Sell that ye have, and give alms,.... Since they had a kingdom bequeathed them by their heavenly Father, they should be so far from indulging an anxious care about food and raiment, that when there was a call in providence for it, and rather than the poor should go without a supply, it became them to sell their houses and lands, and whatever possessions they had, and relieve them; and so they did...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have divers excellent discourses of our Saviour's upon various occasions, many of which are to the same purport with what we had in Matthew upon other the like occasions; for we may suppose that our Lord Jesus preached the same doctrines, and pressed the same duties, at several times, in several companies, and that one of the evangelists took them as he delivered them at one...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which was not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. It is not only important to lay up that which can truly be called treasure, but also to lay it up in the right place: “a treasure in the heavens that faileth not,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Sell that ye have, and give alms; That is to say, do not merely give a little, which you can readily spare; but sometimes even pinch yourselves to relieve the poor. Luk_12:33. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. We cannot tell when he will come, but “Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. You are sure to live for that which is the choicest object of your love. Whatever you think to be first, will be first; and what you love in your heart, you will be sure to follow in your life.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Sell that ye have, and give alms; Do not merely give away what you can spare; but even pinch yourself sometimes, and sell what you can that you may have the more to give. Luk_12:33. Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. Put some of your estate where it cannot be lost. Take care that you invest...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Sell that ye have, and give alms; Not only give to the poor till you pinch yourself, but even pinch yourself to do it.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; Never be undressed, as it were, in a moral or spiritual sense: “Let your loins be girded about.” Never be in the dark spiritually. Keep in the...