3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
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What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. …
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)We find here, I. A vast auditory that was got together to hear Christ preach. The scribes and Pharisees sought to accuse him , and do him mischief; but the people, who were not under the bias of their prejudices and jealousies, still admired him, attended on him, and did him honour. In the mean time (Luke 12:1), while he was in the Pharisee’s house, contending with them that sought to ensnare him,…
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