38And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
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Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, …
Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, …
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-40)Here, I. Christ shows the people how weak and defective the scribes were in their preaching, and how unable to solve the difficulties that occurred in the scriptures of the Old Testament, which they undertook to expound. Of this he gives an instance, which is not so fully related here as it was in Matthew. Christ was teaching in the temple : many things he said, which were not written; but notice…
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