25 Compare Mat_25:10-12.
27 Compare 2Ti_2:19.
29 Eastern etiquette is most stringent as to the placing of guests at
a banquet. The most honorable must have the first place and the least
the last. So it will be in the kingdom. It is probable that none of
the great ones of His day, should they find... [ Continue Reading ]
10 Compare Pro_25:6-7.
12 The pure joy of giving is largely lost when it degenerates into a
trade. Yet it seems from this that we cannot give without being
recompensed. If we give to get we may, indeed, be disappointed, but if
we give with the single thought of blessing others, we are doubly
repaid... [ Continue Reading ]
34-35 Compare Mat_5:13; Mar_9:50.
1 Compare Luk_7:34-35; Mat_9:10-13.
2 Our Lord's liking for sinners led the proud, self-righteous
Pharisees and scribes to utter a most precious truth, though they,
indeed, did not intend it thus. "This man is receiving sinners...! "
Far from denying the charge, He... [ Continue Reading ]