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Verse 42. _GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE, AND FROM HIM THAT WOULD_
_BORROW_] To _give_ and _lend_ freely to all who are in need, is a
general precept from which we are only excused by our inability to...
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GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE - This is the general rule. It is better
to give sometimes to an undeserving person than to turn away one who
is really in need. It is good to be in the habit of giving. A...
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5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7
_ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .)
2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
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RETALIATION (_cf._ Luke 6:29 f.). Like the law of divorce, the law of
the _ius talionis_ (Exodus 21:24 f.*) was more restrictive than
permissive; it limited revenge by fixing an exact compensation for...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48)
As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel.
In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that
the hour has struc...
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You have heard that it has been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth. But I tell you not to resist evil; but if anyone strikes
you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also; and if an...
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WOULD. would fain. Greek. _thelo_. App-102.
OF. from. Grr. _apo._...
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_from him that would borrow of thee_ Luke has "lend, hoping for
nothing again." Forced loans have been a mode of oppression in every
age, for which, perhaps, no people have suffered more than the Jews...
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(_b_)
The law of retaliation, 38–42...
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ΤῸΝ ΘΈΛΟΝΤΑ�. St Luke has, δανείζετε
μηδὲν� (Luke 6:35). Forced loans have been a mode of
oppression in every age, from which, perhaps, no people have suffered
more than the Jews....
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VER 38. "YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND
A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH:' 39. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE RESIST NOT EVIL:
BUT WHOSOEVER SHALL SMITE THEE ON THY RIGHT CHEEK, TURN TO...
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_JESUS' TEACHINGS ABOUT RETALIATION AND LOVE MATTHEW 5:38-48:_ Having
the right attitude will cause us to go the second mile. (Matthew
5:38-42) Do anything and everything within your power to show the...
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DISCOURSE: 1308
LIBERALITY ENJOINED
Matthew 5:42. _Give to him that asketh thee; and from him that would
borrow of thee, turn not thou away_.
TO render good for evil is a duty of indispensable obliga...
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YE HAVE HEARD, &C.— With respect to men's resisting and revenging
such injuries as are done them, Jesus assured his disciples, that
although, for the preservation of society, Moses had ordained the
ju...
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C. THE WISE AND GODLY MAN IN RELATION TO THE LAW
5. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD PERSONAL VINDICATION.
(Parallel: Luke 6:27-31)
TEXT: 5:38-42
38. Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a toot...
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Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee
turn not thou away. GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE. The sense of
unreasonable asking here implied (cf. Luke 6:30).
AND FROM HIM THA...
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22 Gehenna, the valley of the son of Hinnom, just below the city of
Jerusalem, where idolatrous worship was once carried on and where the
city offal was burned, will once more become the incinerator f...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This
sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20),
that it is
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ABOLITION OF THE LAW OF RETALIATION: cp. Luke 6:29; Luke 6:30. It is a
difficulty to some that God should ever have sanctioned the barbarous
principle of 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' (E...
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GIVE TO HIM, etc.] Not an exhortation to indiscriminate charity, but
to that brotherly love which Christians ought to feel even towards the
improvident and wicked. It is right to give to him that asks...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH. — Here again our Lord teaches us by the
method of a seeming paradox, and enforces a principle binding upon
every one in the form of a rule which in its letter is binding upon...
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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This counsel does not seem to belong to the same category as the
preceding three. One does not think of begging or borrowing as an
injury, but at most as a nuisance. Some have doubted the genuineness...
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_Fifth illustration_, from the law of compensation....
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BROTHERLY RELATIONSHIP
Matthew 5:38-48
In mentioning the second mile, our Lord refers to a well-known Eastern
custom of forwarding messages by relays of forced labor. We leave our
homes on a given mo...
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In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the
Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme
condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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Who can read the justice and equity of that strict law, which enjoins
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, without having his mind
directed to the contemplation of CHRIST as our surety. In hint...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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Matthew 5:42._Give to him that asketh of thee. _Though the words of
Christ, which are related by Matthew, appear to command us to give to
all without discrimination, yet we gather a different meaning...
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He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him
in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their
portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside.
The str...
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GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE,.... To every man, Luke 6:30 whether Jew
or Gentile; friend or foe; believer or unbeliever; a good, or a bad
man; worthy or unworthy; deserving or not, that asketh alms, w...
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Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee
turn not thou away.
Ver. 42. _Give to him that asketh thee_] Yet with discretion and
choice of a fit object. _a_ Which having met...
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_Ye have heard_, &c. Our Lord proceeds to enforce such meekness and
love toward their enemies, on those who are persecuted for
righteousness' sake, as were utterly unknown to the scribes and
Pharisees...
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GIVE-TURN NOT THOU AWAY; when the person who asks or would borrow is
needy accommodate him, if consistently with duty you can do it....
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GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE; AND FROM HIM THAT WOULD BORROW OF THEE
TURN NOT THOU AWAY.
To give and to lend are two duties of charity which Christ puts on a
level, both guided by prudence and the int...
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From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first,
but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and
east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
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38-42 The plain instruction is, Suffer any injury that can be borne,
for the sake of peace, committing your concerns to the Lord's keeping.
And the sum of all is, that Christians must avoid disputing...
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In these words our Saviour presseth another piece of charity, viz.
liberality to those who are poor; who are of two sorts: some such as
are never able to repay us; to those he commandeth Christians _...
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Epistle of Barnabas
Thou shalt not hesitate to give, nor murmur when thou givest. "Give to
every one that asketh thee,"[266]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
Carpocratis autem justitia, et e...
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Matthew 5:42 Give G1325 (G5720) asks G154 (G5723) you G4571 and G2532
wants G2309 (G5723) borrow...
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Give to him who asks you,
And from him who would borrow of you turn not yourself away.”
These commands are rooted in the Old Testament. They are not spoken in
a capitalist environment, but in an agri...
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HIS DISCIPLES ARE TO SHOW GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT, NOT TO CRY FOR
VENGEANCE (5:38-42).
In this example Jesus is replying to a mistaken interpretation of the
Law. The purpose of the law ‘an eye for an eye...
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FIVE FULLER APPLICATIONS OF THE LAW (5:21-43).
In order to bring home what His disciples' approach to the Law should
be Jesus selects five pivotal aspects of the Law, and expands on them
and explains...
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Matthew 5:42. GIVE TO HIM THAT ASKETH THEE. Begging was as common and
annoying then as now.
AND FROM HIM THAT WOULD BORROW OF THEE TURN NOT THOU AWAY, or ‘be
not turned away.' Obviously to give to ev...
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Our Lord defines His relation to the old dispensation (Matthew
5:17-19), thus introducing the negative leading thought, viz., the
utter failure of the Pharisees to attain true righteousness, according...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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TURN NOT THOU AWAY
(μη αποστραφηις). Second aorist passive subjunctive in
prohibition. "This is one of the clearest instances of the necessity
of accepting the spirit and not the letter of the Lord'...
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Matthew 5:38
I. The principle of the Mosaic law and it is a principle of no little
importance in its own place is that there should be as far as possible
a just proportion between the offence and the...
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Matthew 5:41. _And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with
him twain._
If you can do him any service, do it cheerfully, do it readily. Do
what he wants of you.
Matthew 5:42. _Give to him t...
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Matthew 5:17. _Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill._
The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old
Testament,...
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Matthew 5:31. _It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto to you, That
whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of
f...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light.
Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
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Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to
see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his
ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
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WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU. Many who were blind, crippled, and lepers
roamed Palestine. They live on what charity was given to them. Jesus
does not mean that we must give to everyone, nor loan to everyone,...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:42 GIVE TO THE ONE WHO BEGS FROM YOU.
Christians should help those who are truly needy (and are therefore
forced to beg). They are not required to give foolishly (see...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:21 YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID (vv.
Matthew 5:21, Matt
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CHAPTER 5
_Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was?
"Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the
Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
_The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is
this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and
sweep and po...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 5:1
AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew
4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE
WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
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Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of
scripture. Matthew five,
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has
sat down, his disciples came unto...
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1 John 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Daniel 4:27;...
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Borrow [δ α ν ι σ α σ θ α ι]. Properly, to borrow at
interest....
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 :
"preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom."
Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
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Thus much for your behaviour toward the violent. As for those who use
milder methods, Give to him that asketh thee — Give and lend to any
so far, (but no further, for God never contradicts himself) as...
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Should believers literally give anything to anyone who asks?
PROBLEM: Here Jesus clearly said, “Give to him who asks you, and
from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away” (cf. Luke
6:30). B...
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Our Saviour here presses the law of charity upon his disciples: this
is two-fold;. charity in giving to them that beg, and. charity in
lending to them that desire to borrow. Christianity obliges all t...