VER 1. THEN SPAKE JESUS TO THE MULTITUDE, AND TO HIS DISCIPLES, 2.
SAYING, "THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES' SEAT: 3. ALL
THEREFORE WHATSOEVER THEY BID YOU OBSERVE, THAT OBSERVE AND DO; BUT DO
NOT YE AFTER THEIR WORKS: FOR THEY SAY, AND DO NOT. 4. FOR THEY BIND
HEAVY BURDENS AND GRIEVOUS... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 5. "BUT ALL THEIR WORKS THEY DO FOR TO BE SEEN OF MEN: THEY MAKE
BROAD THEIR PHYLACTERIES, AND ENLARGE THE BORDERS OF THEIR GARMENTS,
6. AND LOVE THE UPPERMOST ROOMS AT FEASTS, AND THE CHIEF SEATS IN THE
SYNAGOGUES, 7. AND GREETINGS IN THE MARKETS, AND TO BE CALLED OF MEN,
RABBI, RABBI. 8. BUT B... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 13. "BUT WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE
SHUT UP THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AGAINST MEN: FOR YE NEITHER GO IN
YOURSELVES, NEITHER SUFFER YE THEM THAT ARE ENTERING TO GO IN."
Origen: Christ is truly the Son of that God Who gave the Law; after
the example of the blessings pronou... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 14. "WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE
DEVOUR WIDOWS' HOUSES, AND FOR A PRETENCE MAKE LONG PRAYER: THEREFORE
YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GREATER DAMNATION."
Chrys., Hom. lxxiii: Next the Lord rebukes them for their g1uttony,
and what was the worst, that not from the rich but from... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 15. "WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE
COMPASS SEA AND LAND TO MAKE ONE PROSELYTE, AND WHEN HE IS MADE, YOU
MAKE HIM TWOFOLD MORE THE CHILD OF HELL THAN YOURSELVES."
Chrys.: This the next charge against them is, that they are unequal to
the salvation of many, seeing they n... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 16. "WOE UNTO YOU, YE BLIND GUIDES, WHICH SAY, 'WHOSOEVER SHALL
SWEAR BY THE TEMPLE, IT IS NOTHING; BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SWEAR BY THE
GOLD OF THE TEMPLE, HE IS A DEBTOR!' 17. YE FOOLS AND BLIND: FOR
WHETHER IS GREATER, THE GOLD, OR THE TEMPLE THAT SANCTIFIETH THE GOLD?
18. AND, WHOSOEVER SHALL SW... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 23. "WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE PAY
TITHE OF MINT AND ANISE AND CUMMIN, AND HAVE OMITTED THE WEIGHTIER
MATTERS OF THE LAW, JUDGMENT, MERCY, AND FAITH: THESE OUGHT YE TO HAVE
DONE, AND NOT TO LEAVE THE OTHER UNDONE. 24. YE BLIND GUIDES, WHICH
STRAIN AT A GNAT, AND SWA... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 25. "WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE MAKE
CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE CUP AND OF THE PLATTER, BUT WITHIN THEY ARE
FULL OF EXTORTION AND EXCESS. 26. THOU BLIND PHARISEE, CLEANSE FIRST
THAT WHICH IS WITHIN THE CUP AND PLATTER, THAT THE OUTSIDE OF THEM MAY
BE CLEAN ALSO."
Jero... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 27. "WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE ARE
LIKE UNTO WHITED SEPULCHRES, WHICH INDEED APPEAR BEAUTIFUL OUTWARD,
BUT ARE WITHIN FULL OF DEAD MEN'S BONES, AND OF ALL UNCLEANNESS. 28.
EVEN SO YE ALSO OUTWARDLY APPEAR RIGHTEOUS UNTO MEN, BUT WITHIN YE ARE
FULL OF HYPOCRISY AND I... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 29. "WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! BECAUSE YE
BUILD THE TOMBS OF THE PROPHETS, AND GARNISH THE SEPULCHRES OF THE
RIGHTEOUS, 30. AND SAY, IF WE HAD BEEN IN THE DAYS OF OUR FATHERS, WE
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PARTAKERS WITH THEM IN THE BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS.
31. WHEREFORE YE BE WITN... [ Continue Reading ]
2. "FILL YE UP THEN THE MEASURE OF YOUR FATHERS. 33. YE SERPENTS, YE
GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YE ESCAPE THE DAMNATION OF HELL? [P.
791] 34. WHEREFORE, BEHOLD, I SEND UNTO YOU PROPHETS, AND WISE MEN,
AND SCRIBES; AND SOME OF THEM YE SHALL KILL AND CRUCIFY; AND SOME OF
THEM SHALL YE SCOURGE IN YO... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 37. "O JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, THOU THAT KILLEST THE PROPHETS, AND
STONEST THEM WHICH ARE SENT UNTO THEE, HOW OFTEN WOULD I HAVE GATHERED
THY CHILDREN TOGETHER, EVEN AS A HEN GATHERETH HER CHICKENS UNDER HER
WINGS, AND YE WOULD NOT! 38. BEHOLD, YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU
DESOLATE. 39. FOR I SAY U... [ Continue Reading ]