40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
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Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? …
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. …
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, …
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-41)Christ, having spoken comfort to the poor man that was persecuted, here speaks conviction to his persecutors, a specimen of the distributions of trouble and rest at the great day, 2 Thess. 1:6 , 7 . Probably this was not immediately after his discourse with the man, but he took the next opportunity that offered itself to address the Pharisees. Here is, I. The account Christ gives of his design in…
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