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ix. 21. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, 2 Cor. x. 5. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus, 1 Thes. iv. 2. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thes. i. 8. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him, Heb. v. 9.

bAll things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him, Matt. xi. 27. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen, xxviii. 20. And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it for it was founded upon a rock, Luke vi. 46-48. Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid, viii. 35. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her, x. 39-42. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you, John xiii. 15. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise

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up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all. things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people, Acts iii. 22, 23. This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear, vii. 37. But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: Eph. iv. 20, 21. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Phil. ii. 5.

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⚫ He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory, Matt. xii. 19, 20. Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass, xxi. 5. (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) Num. xii. 3. Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me, Ps. cxxxi. 1. Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law, Isa. xlii. 1-4. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee, he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass, Zech. ix. 9. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and re

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MATT. XI. 29, 30.-XII. 1.

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in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage, Gal. v. 1. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another, 13. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous, 1 John v.3.

buked them, and said, Ye know not | sary things, 28. Stand fast therefore what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village, Luke ix. 54--56. Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you, 2 Cor. x. 1. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men : And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, Phil. ii. 7,8. For even hereunto were ye called because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously, 1 Pet. ii. 21-23.

dCome unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, Matt. xi. 28. Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein, Jer. vi. 16. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world, Heb. iv. 3.

VER. 30.

Ο γὰρ ζυγός μου χρηστὸς, καὶ τὸ φορτίον μου ἐλαφρόν ἐστιν.

For my yoke is easy, and my bburden is light.

a Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace, Prov. iii. 17. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Mic. vi. 8. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Acts xv. 10. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these neces.

b These things I have spoken unto you, That in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world, John xvi. 33. Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort, wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ, 2 Cor. i. 4, 5. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, iv. 17. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong, xii. 9, 10. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me, Phil. iv. 13.

CHAP. XII.-VER. 1.

Ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ ἐπορεύθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς σάββασι διὰ τῶν σπορίμων· οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπείνασαν καὶ ἤρξαντο τίλλειν στάχυας, καὶ ἐσθίειν.

At that time Jesus a went on the sabbath-day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of the corn, and to eat.

a And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbathday, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, Why do they on the sabbath-day that which is not lawful? And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that

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were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the High Priest, and did eat the shew-bread, which is not lawful to eat but for the Priests, and gave also to them which were with him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath, Mark ii. 23-28. And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days? And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him; How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shew-bread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the Priests alone? And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath, Luke vi. 1—5.

b When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn, Deut. xxiii. 25.

VER. 2.

Οἱ δὲ φαρισαῖοι ἰδόντες, εἶπον αὐτῷ. Ἰδοὺ, οἱ μαθηταί σου οποιοῦσιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστι ποιεῖν ἐν σαββάτῳ.

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, a Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath-day!

And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-days? that they might accuse him, Matt. xii. 10. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbathday. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. And the LoRD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely

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put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses, Num. xv. 32-36. If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words, Is. Įviii. 13. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath-day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other, Mark iii. 2-5. And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. And the Scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath-day; that they might find an their thoughts, and said to the man accusation against him. But he knew which had the withered hand, Rise

up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus, Luke vi. 6-11. And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her,

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A. D. 31. Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Therefore said some of the Pharisees, this man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath-day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them, ix. 14-16.

VER. 3.

Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τὶ ἐποίησε Δαβίδ, ὅτε ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς, καὶ οἱ MET AUTO;

But he said unto them, a Have ye not read b what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath-day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath-day. The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day? And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him, xiii. 10-17. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath-day according to the commandment, xxiii. 56. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked : and on the same day was the sabbath.swered the priest, and said unto him, The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbathday: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that

made me whole, the same said unto
me, Take up thy bed, and walk, John
v. 9-11.
And therefore did the
Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to
slay him, because he had done these
things on the sabbath-day. But
Jesus answered them, My Father
worketh hitherto, and I work, 16, 17.
Jesus answered and said unto them,
I have done work, and ye all marvel.
Moses therefore gave unto you circum-
cision; (not because it is of Moses,
but of the fathers ;) and ye on the
sabbath-day circumcise a man. If a
man on the sabbath-day receive cir-
cumcision, that the law of Moses
should not be broken; are ye angry
at me, because I have made a man
every whit whole on the sabbath-day?
Judge not according to the appear-
ance, but judge righteous judgment,
vii. 21-24. And it was the sabbath-
day when Jesus made the clay, and
opened his eyes. Then again the

a Or have ye not read in the law, how that, on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? Matt. xii. 5.

b Now therefore what is under thine

hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves

at least from women. And David an

Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shew-bread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away, 1 Sam. xxi. 3-6. And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the High Priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat, but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? Mark ii. 25, 26.

VER. 4.

Πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγεν, οὓς οὐκ ἐξὸν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν, οὐδὲ τοῖς μετ ̓ αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι μόνοις;

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How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the a shew-bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

And thou shalt set upon the table shew-bread before me alway. Ex.xxv. 30. And thou shalt take fine flour,

and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute, Lev. xxiv. 5-9.

VER. 5.

Η οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, ὅτι τοῖς σάββασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τὸ σάββατον βεβηλοῦσι, καὶ ἀναίτιοί εἰσι ;

Or have ye not read in the law, how that a on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offer ing thereof: This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering, Num. xxviii. 9, 10. Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath-day

circumcise a man. If a man on

the sabbath-day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath-day? John vii. 22, 23.

VER. 6.

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a The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here! The queen of the south shall rise up in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is But will here! Matt. xii. 41, 42. God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I will shake all nations, and the deI have built! 2 Chron. vi. 18. And sire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts, Hag. ii. 7-9. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts, Mal. iii. 1. Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body, John ii. 19-21. the apostles and prophets, Jesus And are built upon the foundation of Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly temple in the Lord: In whom framed together groweth unto au holy ye also of God through the Spirit, Eph. ii. are builded together for an habitation the fulness of the Godhead bodily, 20-22. For in him dwelleth all Col. ii. 9. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῦ ἱεροῦ μείζων ἐστὶν ye, also, as lively stones, are built up

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a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. ii. 4, 5.

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