37And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
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And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. …
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-54)Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discourse in the temple (Matt. 23:1-39); for what he said in public and private was of a piece . He would not say that in a corner which he durst not repeat and stand to in the great congregation; nor would he give those reproofs to any sort of sinners in gen…
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