31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
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Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. …
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-37)We have here Christ’s discourse with a lawyer about some points of conscience, which we are all concerned to be rightly informed in and are so here from Christ though the questions were proposed with no good intention. I. We are concerned to know what that good is which we should do in this life, in order to our attaining eternal life . A question to this purport was proposed to our Saviour by a c…
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