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Verse 38. _THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT._] It is so,
1. In its _antiquity_, being as old as the world, and engraven
originally on our very nature.
2. In _dignity_; as directly and immedia...
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JESUS CONVERSES WITH A PHARISEE RESPECTING THE LAW - See also Mark
12:28.
Matthew 22:34
THE PHARISEES ... WERE GATHERED TOGETHER - That is, either to rejoice
that their great rivals, the Sadducees, h...
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10. THE PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST.
The King's Answers and His Question.
CHAPTER 22
1. The Parable of the Marriage Feast. (Matthew 22:1 .) 2. The
Herodians Answered. (Matthew 22:15 .) 3. The Sad...
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THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (Mark 12:28 *, Luke 10:25). Mt. puts the
questioner, whom he calls a Pharisee, in much less favourable light
than Mk. He tempts Jesus to what is not clear (Lk.'s _ekpeirazô n,...
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JOY AND JUDGMENT (Matthew 22:1-10)...
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When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they
gathered together. One of them, who was an expert in the Law, asked
him a question as a test: "What commandment in the Law is greatest...
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The Greatest Commandment
Mark 12:28-34; Luke 10:25-28
In St Luke the question is asked at an earlier period of the ministry,
after the return of the Seventy; and the meaning of "neighbour" is
illust...
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The article before μεγάλη is a gain to the sense. It is strongly
supported....
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THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT
Mark 12:28-34; comp. Luke 10:25-28
In Luke the question is asked at an earlier period of the ministry,
after the return of the Seventy; and the meaning of ‘neighbour’ is
ill...
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Ver 34. But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees
to silence, they were gathered together. 35. Then one of them, which
was a Lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying...
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_THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT AND AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION MATTHEW
22:34-46:_ The Pharisees Jesus asked about the greatest commandment.
He gave them that and more. "You shall love the Lord your God with all...
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THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT, &C.— From this head are to
be deduced all the service, worship, and honour, which we owe and pay
to our Creator and Redeemer. Of the love of God, our Saviour s...
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TEXT: 22:34-40
34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to
silence, gathered themselves together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer,
asked him a question, trying him: 36 Teacher,...
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Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him
in his talk.
For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 12:13....
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24 From their subsequent course (Act_23:8), it is evident that the
Sadducees were not convinced. Their difficulty was deeper. It was in
the heart. Though they could not answer, they could refuse to be...
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PARABLES OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING'S SON AND THE WEDDING GARMENT
1-14. Marriage of the King's Son (peculiar to St. Matthew). Jesus
concludes His discourse by reiterating in still clearer and stronge...
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THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF THE LAW (Mark 12:28). Considering that this
question was asked by an individual Pharisee, that there is nothing
ensnaring in it, and that Jesus commended His questioner, sayin...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 22
THE STORY ABOUT THE WEDDING MEAL 22:1-14
V1 Jesus told them some more stories. V2 ‘Where God rules, it is
like this’, he said. ‘A...
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6; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 23:1
CHAPTER 17
Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18 - Matthew 22:1 -...
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_The great commandment_ (Mark 12:28-34). In a still more marked degree
than in the case of the man in quest of eternal life, Mk.'s account
presents the subject of this incident in a more favourable li...
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THE SUMMARY OF THE LAW
Matthew 22:34-46
Our Lord seemed to say: “Here is all Scripture in a nutshell; the
whole range of human duty in a portable pocket form.” We are
reminded of Ecclesiastes 12:13....
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The first two parables contained the history of the Hebrew nation up
to the slaying of the Son. This one is prophetic. It presents the sin
of this people in the light of the day of grace. The King sen...
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THE THEOLOGIAN AND THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS
Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34. “And one of the scribes coming to
Him, and having them interrogating Him, knowing that He answered them
beautifully, asks Him...
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"But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to
silence, they were gathered together. (35) Then one of them, which was
a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, (36)...
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We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem,
traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once
been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
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_GOD AND MY NEIGHBOUR_
‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great
commandment. And the second is like unto it, Tho...
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In chapter 22, their conduct with respect to the invitations of grace
is presented in its turn. The parable is therefore a similitude of the
kingdom of heaven. The purpose of God is to honour His Son...
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THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT. Whether the object of it is
considered, who is the first and chief good; or the manner in which it
is to be observed, which requires and engrosses the whole he...
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_Jesus said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart_
Concerning this first and great commandment, and the words wherewith
Moses prefaced it, see note on Deuteronomy 6:5; and for the
eluci...
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FIRST; in importance, as it requires the duties we owe to God, which
are the foundation of all true goodness....
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THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT....
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THE SILENCING OF THE PHARISEES.
Information asked and given:...
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The parable of Chapter 21 has shown Israel as under law, responsible
to return to God some results of the blessing with which He had
entrusted them. Under responsibility they had not only failed, but...
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34-40 An interpreter of the law asked our Lord a question, to try,
not so much his knowledge, as his judgment. The love of God is the
first and great commandment, and the sum of all the commands of t...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 22:40"....
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Matthew 22:38 This G3778 is G2076 (G5748) first G4413 and G2532 great
G3173 commandment G1785...
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“This is the great and first commandment.”
Then Jesus emphasised the centrality of this commandment. This, He
said, is the great commandment, and comes before all others. All else
pales beside it. Fo...
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THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (22:34-40).
Jesus' success over the Sadducees was seen as sufficiently impressive
to cause rumours concerning it to spread around which came to the...
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Matthew 22:38. THIS IS THE GREAT AND FIRST COMMANDMENT. ‘Great' as
embracing all the others; first' as preceding the other table in the
Decalogue. Our Lord here declares the unity of the first table o...
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Matthew 22:34-40. THE LAST QUESTION OF THE PHARISEES....
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The defeated and embittered Pharisees send the Herodians to ensnare
our Lord with a political question. The reply sends them away in
astonishment (Matthew 22:15-21). The Sadducees now appear with a
fl...
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Matthew 22:37
There are two reasons why men do not love God. For one of them there
are great excuses; for the other there is no excuse whatsoever.
I. In the first place, too many find it difficult to...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the marriage feast. Jesus' answer to the
Herodians. Sadducees and Pharisees.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, lawyer.
CONCLUSION: The gospel call bids all to the great marriage feast. Som...
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Matthew 22:2. _The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which
made a marriage for his son._ The marriage of the heir apparent,
giving stability to the throne, protection to the subject, and g...
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37-38.
YOU MUST LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD. Jesus paraphrases the command of
Deuteronomy 6:5. Mark adds: _"and with all your strength."_ Heart,
soul, mind, and strength are to be lumped together as meanin...
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_Master, which is the great commandment in the law?_
HOW MAY WE ATTAIN TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR HEARTS, SOULS, AND MINDS
I. What is it to love God with all the heart, soul, and mind?
1. What is lov...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 22:37 LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD... HEART...
SOUL... MIND. This command from Deuteronomy 6:5 was repeated twice
daily by faithful Jews. It
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS QUESTION JESUS ON THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT MATTHEW
22:34-40; MARK 12:28-34; MATTHEW 22:34 But when the Pharisees had
heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathere...
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CHAPTER 22
_And Jesus answered_, &c., refuting the incredulity of the Scribes.
The meaning is: it is the same in the kingdom of Heaven, _i.e._, in
the Church militant here on earth, as if a king made...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 22:35. A LAWYER.—The precise distinction between the
“lawyer” and the other scribes rested, probably, on technicalities
that have left little or no trace behind them. The word...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 22:1
_Parable of the marriage of the king_'_s son. _(Peculiar to St.
Matthew.)
MATTHEW 22:1
JESUS ANSWERED AND SPAKE UNTO THEM. After they had heard our Lord's
words at the end...
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And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables (Matthew
22:1),
Now He is still there, and He is laying on them these parables.
And He said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king...
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The great and first. With the definite article....