24And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-27)Our Lord Jesus (like St. Paul after him) preached his gospel with much contention ; his first appearance was in a dispute with the doctors in the temple, when he was twelve years old ; and here, just before he died, we have him engaged in controversy. In this sense, he was like Jeremiah, a man of contention; not striving, but striven with . The great contenders with him, were, the chief priests an…
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