47Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. …
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: …
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-49)All these sayings of Christ we had before in Matthew; some of them in Matt. 7:1-29, others in other places. They were sayings that Christ often used; they needed only to be mentioned, it was easy to apply them. Grotius thinks that we need not be critical here in seeking for the coherence: they are golden sentences, like Solomon’s proverbs or parables. Let us observe here, I. We ought to be very ca…
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