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Verse Matthew 20:27. _YOUR SERVANT_] δουλος the _lowest secular_
office, as _deacon_ was the _lowest ecclesiastical_ office:
δουλος is often put for _slave_.
From these directions of our Lord, we may...
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See also Mark 10:35.
Matthew 20:20
THEN CAME TO HIM GIVE MOTHER OF ZEBEDEE’S CHILDREN ... - This was
probably Salome, Mark 15:40; Mark 16:1.
WITH HER SONS - The names of these sons were James and J...
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8. THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD.
The Healing of the Two Blind Men.
CHAPTER 20
_ 1. The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. (Matthew 20:1 .) 2.
The Third Prediction of His Death...
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THE REQUEST OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE. THE CHRISTIAN STANDARD OF
GREATNESS (Mark 10:35 *, Luke 22:24). Mt. makes the mother of James
and John ask the boon, but Jesus replies to them, not to her. For
Mk.'...
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THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...
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CHIEF. first.
SERVANT. bond-servant (in relation to servitude)....
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Salome's Prayer for her sons, and the Answer of Jesus
Mark 10:35-41. St Mark begins "And James and John the sons of Zebedee
came unto him, saying, &c." For once St Matthew is more graphic and
true to...
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SALOME’S PRAYER FOR HER SONS, AND THE ANSWER OF JESUS
Mark 10:35-45. St Mark begins ‘And James and John the sons of
Zebedee came unto him, saying, &c.’ For once St Matthew is more
graphic and true to...
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VER24. AND WHEN THE TEN HEARD IT, THEY WERE MOVED WITH INDIGNATION
AGAINST THE TWO BRETHREN. 25. BUT JESUS CALLED THEM UNTO HIM, AND
SAID, "YE KNOW THAT THE PRINCES OF THE GENTILES EXERCISE DOMINION O...
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_AT THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY IS THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE MATTHEW
20:20-28:_ On at least three occasions there was a discussion among
the apostles concerning greatness in the kingdom. (Matthew 18:1-4;
Ma...
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ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΙΜΊ.
ΔΟΎΛΟΣ (G1401) раб. В языческом мире
униженность считалась пороком (Carson, 43)....
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LET HIM BE YOUR SERVANT— There is a gradation here not commonly
observed: the original word διακονος in the former verse,
which, for want of a better word, we rendered _minister,_ is a name
which migh...
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Section 52
JESUS REFUSES TO ESTABLISH HIERARCHY
(Parallel: Mark 10:35-45)
TEXT: 20:20-28
20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons,
worshipping _him,_ and asking a certain...
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And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in
the way, and said unto them,
For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 10:32....
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20 James and John were the sons of Zebedee (Mar_:10:35). Our Lord
called them “sons of thunder” (Mar_3:17), to indicate their
tempestuous and violent disposition. The gentleness and love of John's
wri...
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THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St.
Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes
before, and ca...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 20
THE STORY ABOUT THE LAND-OWNER’S WORKERS 20:1-16
V1 ‘Where God rules, it is like this. A man who owned land went out
early one mor...
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WHOSOEVER WILL BE CHIEF. — Better, _first,_ as continuing the
thought of Matthew 20:16. The “servant” (better, _slave_) implies
a lower and more menial service than that of the “minister” of the
prece...
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CHAPTER 16
To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17 - Matthew 21:1
I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17
WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey
to Jerusalem. From the corresponding passage...
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_The two sons of Zebedee_ (Mark 10:35-45)....
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SERVING NOBLER THAN SELF-SEEKING
Matthew 20:17-28
For the third time our Lord foretells His death. In Matthew 16:21, He
dwelt especially on the shame of His rejection; in Matthew 17:23, He
told how...
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One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is
that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service,
but according to fidelity to opportunities.
The Master was no...
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AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN
Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 1:35-45. _“James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, come to Him, saying, Teacher, we wish that You may do to us
whatsoever we may ask. And He said to them...
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"And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against
the two brethren. (25) But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye
know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over th...
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Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a
striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has
been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
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_THE REFORM OF THE IDLER_
‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no
man hath hired us.’
Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6
This parable is one of the most difficult in the New Te...
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We may remark that, when the Lord answers Peter, it was the
consequence of having left all for Christ upon His call. The motive
was Christ Himself: therefore He says, "Ye which have followed me." He
s...
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AND WHOSOEVER WILL BE CHIEF AMONG YOU,.... Or first, or have the
pre-eminence, the first place in the kingdom of the Messiah,
LET HIM BE YOUR SERVANT; or, as in Mark, SHALL BE SERVANT OF ALL: not
onl...
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And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Ver. 27. _Let him be your servant_] This is the ready way to rise.
Neither may any think himself too good to serve the saints, to wash...
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_And when the ten heard it_ It is likely they overheard the
conversation; _they were moved with indignation_ Being not only
equally desirous, but in their opinion equally deserving of the
principal po...
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CHIEF; first in true spiritual worth.
YOUR SERVANT; most active in administering to the good of his
fellow-disciples....
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A lesson in humility:...
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The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most
penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out
early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineya...
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20-28 The sons of Zebedee abused what Christ said to comfort the
disciples. Some cannot have comforts but they turn them to a wrong
purpose. Pride is a sin that most easily besets us; it is sinful
am...
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Ver. 25-27. So Mark hath much the same, MARK 10:42. Luke hath also
much the same, (but it seemeth spoken at another time), LUKE 22:25. I
shall not here intermeddle with the disputes some have founded...
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Origen Against Celsus Book IV
Celsus says further, that we assert that "all things have been
arranged so as to be subject to us," having perhaps heard some of the
intelligent among us speaking to tha...
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Matthew 20:27 And G2532 whoever G3739 G1437 desires G2309 (G5725) be
G1511 (G5750) first G4413 among G1722 you G5213 be G2077 (G5749) your
G5216 slave G1401
whosoever - Matthew 18:4; Mark 9:33-35;...
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THOSE WHO FOLLOW JESUS ARE NOT TO BE SELF-SEEKING BUT SELFLESSLY
SEEKING TO SERVE ALL, IN THE SAME WAY AS HE AS THE SERVANT IS DOING
AMONG THEM, SOMETHING ESPECIALLY REVEALED IN HIS GIVING OF HIS LIFE...
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CHRONOLOGY. The final journey to Jerusalem begins. The approach of His
death calls for a third prediction to the Twelve, more specific in its
details. The _crucifixion_ is mentioned only in Matthew's...
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Matthew 20:26
I. These words have something to tell us of the nature of true
greatness. Though Christ does not ignore intellects, or even riches,
He yet regards these things, and all things like thes...
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Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an
householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers
into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
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CONTENTS: Parables of laborers in the vineyard. Jesus' death and
resurrection again foretold. Ambitious requests of James and John.
Healing of the two blind men.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, wife of Zebedee, J...
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Matthew 20:1. _A householder, which went out early in the morning to
hire labourers_ for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most
important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom...
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HE MUST BE YOUR SLAVE. This is how to be first. In the Kingdom/church,
greatness comes through loving others, not through giving them orders....
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_Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons._
NEAREST TO CHRIST
Christ does not put aside the granting of places at His right and left
hand as not being within His province, but...
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JESUS TEACHES ABOUT SERVING OTHERS MATTHEW 20:20-28; MARK 10:35-45;
MATTHEW 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with
her sons, worshipping [_him_], and desiring a certain thing of...
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CHAPTER 20
_The kingdom of heaven is like._ That is, God acts in the kingdom of
Heaven like a master hiring labourers into his vineyard; for strictly
speaking, the kingdom of Heaven is not like the h...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 20:17. JESUS GOING UP TO JERUSALEM.—The narrative is not
continuous, and in the interval between Matthew 20:16 we may probably
place our Lord’s “abode beyond Jordan” (John 10...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 20:1
_Parable of the labourers in the vineyard_._ _(Peculiar to St.
Matthew.)
MATTHEW 20:1
FOR. The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm
at the end of the...
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Shall we turn to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty, and continue our
book-by-book study through the Word of God? Matthew chapter twenty
opens with the parable of the laborers going out into the vineyard...
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1 Corinthians 9:19; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2
Corinthians 12:15; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Acts 20:34; Acts 20:35; Luke
22:26; Mark 9:33;...