A. D. 31. MATT. V. ..37-39. A. D. 31. a Thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe, Exod. xxi. 23-25. If a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again, Lev. xxiv. 19, 20. shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother, Deut. xix. 19. VER. 39. Then not, neither by heaven, neither by the | An a eye for an eye, and a tooth for a earth, neither by any other oath: but tooth: let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation, James v. 12. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon, Matt. xxiii. 16-22. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity, Psal. x. 4,7. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be, James iii. 10. But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witness, blasphemies : these are the things which defile a man, Matt. xv. 18-20. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do, John viii. 44. That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Eph. iv. 22. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience, ii. 2. VER. 38. Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, μὴ ἀντιστῆναι τῷ πονηρῶ, ἀλλ ̓ ὅστις σε ῥαπίσει ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιάν σου σιαγόνα, στέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλAnv But a I say unto you, b That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. a See parallels on clause 1. ver. 22. b Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, Lev. xix. 18. Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee, Prov. xx. 22. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work, xxiv. 29. Recompense to no man evil for evil. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord, Rom. xii. 17. 19. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 1 Cor. vi. 7. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men, 1 Thess. v. 15. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you, James v. 6. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐῤῥέθη· Οφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ contrariwise blessing; knowing that ὀφθαλμοῦ, καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος. Ye have heard that it hath been said, ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing, 1 Pet. iii. 9. b But Zedekiah the son of Chenaa nah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 1 Kings xxii. 24. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully, Job xvi. 10. gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting, Isa. 1. 6. He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach, Lam. iii. 30. Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek, Mic. v. 1. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other, Luke vi. 29. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? xxii. 64. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffetted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, réviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him who judgeth righteously, 1 Pet. ii. 19-23. VER. 40. Καὶ τῷ θέλοντί σοι κριθῆναι, καὶ τὸν χι τῶνά σου λαβεῖν, ἄφες αὑτῷ καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον. And a if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. a And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also, Luke vi. 29. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men, Rom. xii. 18. Charity-endureth all things, 1 Cor. xiii. 7. VER. 41. A. D. 31. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. VER. 42. Τῳ αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου· καὶ τὸν θέλοντα ἀπὸ σοῦ δανείσασθαι μὴ ἀποστραφῇς. a Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. a Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givestunto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto, Deut. xv. 9, 10. If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless have not eaten thereof; If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;-Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone, Job xxxi. 16-22. The righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth, Ps. xxxvii.21. He (the righteous) hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever, cxii. 9. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee, Prov. iii. 28. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself, xi. 24, 25. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again, xix. 17. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth, Eccles. xi. 1, 2. In the morning sow Καὶ ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν, ὕπαγε | thy seed, and in the evening withμετ ̓ αὐτοῦ δύο. hold not thine hand: for thou know ! A. D. 31. MATT. V. 42, 43. A. D. 31. so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver, 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth, Eph. iv. 28. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, 1 Tim. vi. 17, 18. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister, Heb. vi. 10. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased, xiii. 16. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world, Jam. i. 27. "Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 1John iii. 17. est not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good, 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen?-Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Isa. lviii. 6, 7. Wherefore, O king, let my countenance be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity, Dan. iv. 27. Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall b Thou shalt not harden thine heart, be the children of the Highest: for he nor shut thine hand from thy poor is kind unto the unthankful and to brother: But thou shalt open thine the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as hand wide unto him, and shalt surely your Father also is merciful, Luke vi. lend him sufficient for his need, in 30-36. Give alms of such things as that which he wanteth, Deut. xv. .7,8. ye have, xi. 41. When thou makest a Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, brother, xxiii. 19. He (the righteous) nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, is ever merciful, and lendeth; and nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also his seed is blessed, Psal. xxxvii. 26. bid thee again, and a recompense be A good man sheweth favour, and made thee. But when thou makest a lendeth, cxii. 5. But love ye your feast, call the poor, the maimed, the enemies, and do good, and lend, hoplame, the blind: And thou shalt being for nothing again; and your reblessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just, xiv. 12-14. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head, Rom. xii. 20. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, ward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil, Luke vi. 35. VER. 43. Ηκούσατε ὅτι ἐῤῥέθη· ̓Αγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου καὶ μισήσεις τὸν ἐχθρόν σου. Ye have heard that it hath been said, a thou shalt love thy neighbour, b and hate thine enemy. a Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, Lev. xix. 18, and Matt. xix. 19. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A Certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain Priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, &c. -Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise, Luke x. 29-37. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, Rom. xiii. 9. By love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, Gal. v. 13, 14. Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever, Deut. xxiii. 6. Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt.-Therefore it shall be, When the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it, xxv. 17-19. But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them, Ps. xli. 10. Do not I hate them, Ο LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies, cxxxix. 21, 22. VER. 44. A. D. 31. Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῶν· ̓Αγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμᾶς, καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοὺς μισοῦντας ὑμᾶς, καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς, καὶ διωκόντων ὑμᾶς· b Love your But a I say unto you, enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; a See parallels on clause 1. ver. 22. b I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy, Ps. vii. 4. They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother, xxxv. 12-14. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink, Prov. xxy. 21, and Rom. xii. 20. But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, Luke vi. 27, 28. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do, xxiii. 34. And he (Stephen) kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge! Acts vii. 60. Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not, Rom. xii. 14. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good, 21. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: being defamed, we entreat, 1 Cor. iv. 12, 13. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing, 1 Pet. iii. 9. VER. 45. Ὅπως γένησθε υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς· ὅτι τὸν ἥλιον αὑτοῦ ἀνατέλλει ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς, καὶ βρέχει ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους. That ye may be the children of your b Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on ver. 9. b. See parallels on last clause of ver. 16. : Upon whom doth not his light arise? Job xxv. 3. The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works, Ps. cxlv. 9. Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness, Acts xiv. 17, VER. 46. Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀγαπήσητε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς, τίνα μισθὸν ἔχετε; οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ τελῶναι τὸ αὐτὸ ποιοῦσι; For a if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the b Publicans the same? a For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sin ners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again, Luke vi. 32-34. A. D. 31. salute it, x. 12. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house, Luke x. 5. b VER. 48. Ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι, ὥσπερ ὁ ωατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τέλειός ἐστι. a Be ye therefore perfect, even as you'r Father c which is in heaven is perfect. and said unto him, I am the Almighty a The LORD appeared to Abram, God; walk before me, and be thou perfect, Gen. xvii. 1. I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy, Lev. xi. 44. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy for I the LORD your God am holy, xix. 2. And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine, xx. 26. There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and and one that feared God, and eschewthat man was perfect aud upright, ed evil, Job i. 1. And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil, ii. 3. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace, Ps. xxxvii. 37. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD, cxix. 1. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, Prov. xi. 5. Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me, Matt. xix. 21. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful, Luke vi. 36. For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, Mark vi. 20. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service, Rom. xii. 1. If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are, 1 Cor. iii. 17. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, a And when ye come into an house, let us cleanse ourselves from all fil b And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the Publicans, and he was rich, Luke xix. 2. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Church: but if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a Publican, Matt. xviii. 17. Verily I say unto you, that the Publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you, xxi. 31. Then drew near unto him all the Publicans and sinners, for to hear him. And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them, Luke xv. 1, 2. VER. 47. Καὶ ἐὰν ἀσπάσησθε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν μόνον, τί περισσὸν ποιεῖτε; οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ τελῶναι οὕτω ποιοῦσιν ; And if ye a salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Publicans so? |