Luke 17:1. _Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come:_ We are so strangely made that even good men do not always agree, and there are so many bad men about that they will cast a stumbling-block in our way if they can. Luke 17:1. _But woe unto him, through whom... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 17:1. _Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!_ Since the fall, we are so constituted that there are sure to be differences and disputes. It is a great mercy when men dwell together in unity. «Behold, how good and... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 17:11. _And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:_ Lepers were allowed to enter villages, but not to go into the large walled tow... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 17:11. _And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee._ There is but One of whom we will think tonight, our divine Lord, who was on his way to Jerusalem. Passing along the frontiers of Samaria and Galilee, he had the Jews on one side of h... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 17:11. _And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers which stood afar off:_ Leprosy was very common in Palestine in Christ's day. How thankful we ought to... [ Continue Reading ]