CONTENTS. _ The_ LORD _is here teaching in Parables. The Pharisees and Herodians try to catch_ JESUS _in his words. The_ LORD _blessedly discourseth on the Resurrection, and with a Scribe: he cautions against the Scribes. The Chapter closeth with the_ LORD's _Commendation of the Widow's Offering to... [ Continue Reading ]
(13) If And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians to catch him in _his_ words. (14) And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the per son of men: but teachest the way of God in truth: Is i... [ Continue Reading ]
(18) Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, (19) Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave _his_ wife _behind him,_ and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. (26) N... [ Continue Reading ]
(28) And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? (29) And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments _is,_ Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: (30) And tho... [ Continue Reading ]
(35) And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? (36) For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. (37) David therefore himself calleth him... [ Continue Reading ]
_ REFLECTIONS._ PAUSE my soul over the many precious contents in this blessed chapter! Both the Jewish nation, and the Jewish church, have been as the LORD's vineyard. Oh! the boundless grace of JEHOVAH in setting apart that people with whom he deposited his Ordinances; _whose are the fathers, and... [ Continue Reading ]