41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
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Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. …
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. …
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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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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