40Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
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But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
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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