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MATT. VI. 32, 33.

nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things, Luke xii. 30. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Eph. iv. 17. Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God, 1 Thes. iv. 5.

b See parallels on two last clauses ver. 16. ch. v.

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c For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust, Psal. ciii. 14. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Luke xi. 11-13.

VER. 33.

Ζητεῖτε δὲ πρῶτον τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ, καὶ ταῦτα πάντα προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν.

But a seek ye first b the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

A. D. 31. multitude. Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like, 2 Chron. i. 7-12. And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, heart, and prospered, xxx. 20, 21. to seek his God, he did it with all his

God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee, Ps. Ixiii. 1. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

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that thou incline thine ear unto wisa And God said unto him, Because dom, and apply thine heart to underthou hast asked this thing, and hast standing; Yea, if thou criest after not asked for thyself long life; nei- knowledge, and liftest up thy voice ther hast asked riches for thyself, nor for understanding; If thou seekest hast asked the life of thine enemies; her as silver, and searchest for her as but hast asked for thyself understand-for hid treasures; Then shalt thou ing, to discern judgment; Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days, 1 Kings iii. 11-13. In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewn great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. Now, O LORD God, let thy promise to David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in

understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path, Prov. ii. 1-9. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase : So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine, iii. 9. 10. I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me, viii. 17. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within

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MATT. VI. 33, 34.

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me will I seek thee early, Isa. xxvi. | morrow: for the morrow shall take

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See parallels on last clause of ver. 2. chap. iii.

See parallels on first clause of ver. 20. chap. v.

thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

a Give us this day our daily bread, Matt. vi. 11. And when they did mete it with an Omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank; and Moses was wroth with them, Exod. xvi. 18-20. They are new every morning: great is thy faithful

dO fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing, Psal. xxxiv. 9, 10. The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righ-ness, Lam. iii. 23. teous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread, xxxvii. 18, 19. 25. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee, lxxxiv. 11, 12. But he shall receive an hundred fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life, Mark 1. 30. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting, Luke xviii. 29, 30. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Rom. viii. 31, 32. Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours, 1 Cor. iii. 22. For bodily exercise profiteth little but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come, 1 Tim. iv. 8.

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b Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be, Deut. xxxiii. 25. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook,and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook, 1 Kings xvii. 4-6. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went, and did according to the saying of Elijah : and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah, 14-16. Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; thus saith the LORD, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof, 2 Kings vii, 2. Give us day by day our daily bread, Luke xi. 3.

c Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world

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giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid, John xiv. 27. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world, xvi. 33. Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God, Acts xiv. 22. That no man should be moved by these afflictions for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know, 1 Thes. iii. 3, 4.

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CHAP. VII. VER. 1. Μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε. a Judge not, that ye be not judged. a Hear the word of the LORD, ye

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that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed, Isa. Ixvi. 5. Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they they are more righteous than be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, Ezek. xvi. 52-56. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven, Luke vi. 37. Therefore thou art inexcusable, Oman,

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whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things, Rom. ii. 1, 2. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up; for God is able to make him stand, Rom. xiv. 3, 4. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way, 10-13. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God, 1 Cor. iv. 3-5. My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condem- . nation, Jam. iii. 1. Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: Who art thou that judgest another? iv. 11, 12.

VER. 2.

Ἐν ῷ γὰρ κρίματι κρίνετε, κριθήσεσθε· καὶ ἐν ᾧ μέτρω μετρεῖτε, ἀντιμετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.

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sure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

a And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut of, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died, Judg. i. 7. With the merciful, thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; with the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward, Ps. xviii. 25, 26. Remember, O LOPD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, Rase it, even to the foundations thereof. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us, cxxxvii. 7, 8. And I will render unto Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion, in your sight, saith the LORD, Jer. li. 24. For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen; as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee thy reward shall return upon thine own head, Obad. 15. And he saith unto them, Take heed what ye hear: With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given, Mark iv. 24. Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again, Luke vi. 38. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully, 2 Cor. ix. 6. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble

you: : And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 2 Thes. i. 6,7. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment, Jam. ii. 13. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double, Rev. xviii. 6.

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Τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλ μῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῶ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς ;

And a why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

a And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye, Luke vi. 41, 42. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men ure, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican, xviii. 11.

b And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die; And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity, 2 Sam. xii. 5, 6. But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage, that reacheth up unto heaven. And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? 2 Chr. xxviii. 9, 10. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's

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MATT. VII. 3-6.

son. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes, Ps. 1. 16-21. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst, John viii. 7-9. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God ? For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written, Rom. ii. 21-24. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted, Gal. vi. 1.

VER. 4.

Η πῶς ἐρεῖς τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου. ̓́Αφες ἐκβάλω τὸ κάφρος ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ δοκὸς ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ σου;

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? VER. 5.

Υποκριτὰ, ἔκβαλε πρῶτον τὴν δοκὸν ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου, καὶ τότε διαβλέψεις ἐμβαλεῖν τὸ κάρφος ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου.

aThou hypocrite, Þfirst cust out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

a See parallels on clause 2, ver. 2. chap. vi.

b Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, Ô God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy sal

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A. D. 31. vation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee, Ps. li. 9—13. And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country, Luke iv. 23. Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull cut the mote that is in thy brother's eye, vi. 42. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? Acts xix. 15. VER. 6.

Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσί, μηδὲ βάλητε τους μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων· μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αὐτ τοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, band turn again and rend you.

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a But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs, Matt. xv. 26. He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee, Prov. ix. 7, 8. Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words, xxiii. 9. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly, πανί. 11. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the ends of the

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