32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, …
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-40)Our Lord Jesus is here inculcating some needful useful lessons upon his disciples, which he had before taught them, and had occasion afterwards to press upon them; for they need to have precept upon precept, and line upon line: “Therefore , because there are so many that are ruined by covetousness, and an inordinate affection to the wealth of this world, I say unto you , my disciples, take heed of…
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