1And 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.
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And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? …
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)In this passage of story we find, I. That the Son of man came eating and drinking , conversing familiarly with all sorts of people; not declining the society of publicans, though they were of ill fame , nor of Pharisees, though they bore him ill will , but accepting the friendly invitations both of the one and the other, that, if possible, he might do good to both . Here he went into the house of…
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