VER 1. AT THAT TIME JESUS WENT ON THE SABBATH DAY THROUGH THE CORN;
AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE AN HUNGRED, AND BEGAN TO PLUCK THE EARS OF
CORN, AND TO EAT. 2. BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT, THEY SAID UNTO
HIM, "BEHOLD, THY DISCIPLES DO THAT WHICH IS NOT LAWFUL TO DO UPON THE
SABBATH DAY." 3. BUT HE SAID... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 9. AND WHEN HE WAS DEPARTED THENCE, HE WENT INTO THEIR SYNAGOGUE:
10. AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN WHICH HAD HIS HAND WITHERED. AND THEY
ASKED HIM, SAYING, IS IT LAWFUL TO HEAL ON THE SABBATH DAYS? THAT THEY
MIGHT ACCUSE HIM. 11. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, "WHAT MAN SHALL THERE BE
AMONG YOU, THAT SH... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 14. THEN THE PHARISEES WENT OUT, AND HELD A COUNCIL AGAINST HIM,
HOW THEY MIGHT DESTROY HIM. 15. BUT WHEN JESUS KNEW IT, HE WITHDREW
HIMSELF FROM THENCE: AND GREAT MULTITUDES FOLLOWED HIM, AND HE HEALED
THEM ALL; 16. AND CHARGED THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT MAKE HIM KNOWN:
17. THAT IT MIGHT BE FULF... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 22. THEN WAS BROUGHT UNTO HIM ONE POSSESSED WITH A DEVIL, BLIND
AND DUMB: AND HE HEALED HIM, INSOMUCH THAT THE BLIND AND DUMB BOTH
SPAKE AND SAW. 23. AND ALL THE PEOPLE WERE AMAZED, AND SAID, IS NOT
THIS THE SON OF DAVID? 24. BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD IT, THEY SAID,
"THIS FELLOW DOTH NOT CAST... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 25. AND JESUS KNEW THEIR THOUGHTS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, "EVERY
KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS BROUGHT TO DESOLATION; AND EVERY
CITY OR HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF SHALL NOT STAND; 26. AND IF SATAN
CAST OUT SATAN, HE IS DIVIDED AGAINST HIMSELF; HOW SHALL THEN HIS
KINGDOM STAND?"
Jerome: The P... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 27. "AND IF I BY BEELZEBUB CAST OUT DEVILS, BY WHOM DO YOUR
CHILDREN CAST THEM OUT? THEREFORE THEY SHALL BE YOUR JUDGES. 28. BUT
IF I CAST OUT DEVILS BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS
COME UNTO YOU."
Chrys.: After the first answer, He comes to a second more plain than
the first,... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 29. "OR ELSE HOW CAN ONE ENTER INTO A STRONG MAN'S HOUSE, AND
SPOIL HIS GOODS, EXCEPT HE FIRST BIND THE STRONG MAN? AND THEN HE WILL
SPOIL HIS HOUSE."
Chrys.: Having concluded the second answer, He brings forward yet a
third, saying, "Or how can any enter into a strong man's house? For
that Sat... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 30. "HE THAT IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME; AND HE THAT GATHERETH
NOT WITH ME SCATTERETH ABROAD."
Chrys.: After that third reply, here follows a fourth, "He that is not
with me is against me."
Hilary: Wherein He shews how far He is from having borrowed any power
from the Devil; teaching us how... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 31. "WHEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, ALL MANNER OF SIN AND BLASPHEMY
SHALL BE FORGIVEN UNTO MEN: BUT THE BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST
SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN UNTO MEN, 32. AND WHOSOEVER SPEAKETH A WORD
AGAINST THE SON OF MAN, IT SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM: BUT WHOSOEVER
SPEAKETH AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST, I... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 33. "EITHER MAKE THE TREE GOOD, AND HIS FRUIT GOOD; OR ELSE MAKE
THE TREE CORRUPT, AND HIS FRUIT CORRUPT: FOR THE TREE IS KNOWN BY HIS
FRUIT. 34. O GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YE, BEING EVIL, SPEAK GOOD
THINGS? FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKETH. 35.
A GOOD MAN OUT OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 36. "BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EVERY IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL
SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 37. FOR
BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE JUSTIFIED, AND BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE
CONDEMNED."
Chrys.: The Lord follows up what He had said before by moving their
fears, shewing... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 38. THEN CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES AND OF THE PHARISEES ANSWERED,
SAYING, "MASTER, WE WOULD SEE A SIGN FROM THEE." 39. BUT HE ANSWERED
AND SAID UNTO THEM, "AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION SEEKETH AFTER A
SIGN; AND THERE SHALL NO SIGN BE GIVEN TO IT, BUT THE SIGN OF THE
PROPHET JONAS: 40. FOR AS J... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 41. "THE MEN OF NINEVEH SHALL RISE IN JUDGMENT WITH THIS
GENERATION, AND SHALL CONDEMN IT: BECAUSE THEY REPENTED AT THE
PREACHING OF JONAS; AND, BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN JONAS IS HERE. 42. THE
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT WITH THIS GENERATION,
AND SHALL CONDEMN IT: FOR SHE CAME... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 43. "WHEN THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT IS GONE OUT OF A MAN, HE WALKETH
THROUGH DRY PLACES, SEEKING REST, AND FINDETH NONE. 44. THEN HE SAITH,
I WILL RETURN INTO MY HOUSE FROM WHENCE I CAME OUT; AND WHEN HE IS
COME, HE FINDETH IT EMPTY, SWEPT, AND GARNISHED. 45. THEN GOETH HE,
AND TAKETH WITH HIMSELF SEVE... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 46. WHILE HE YET TALKED TO THE PEOPLE, BEHOLD, HIS MOTHER AND HIS
BRETHREN STOOD WITHOUT, DESIRING TO SPEAK WITH HIM. 47. THEN ONE SAID
UNTO HIM, "BEHOLD, THY MOTHER AND THY BRETHREN STAND WITHOUT, DESIRING
TO SPEAK WITH THEE." 48. BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM THAT TOLD
HIM, "WHO IS MY MOTH... [ Continue Reading ]