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Selected Verse: Matthew 23:26 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 23:26 |
King James |
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also--In Luke (Luk 11:40) it is, "Ye fools, did not He that made that which is without make that which is within also?"--"He to whom belongs the outer life, and of right demands its subjection to Himself, is the inner man less His?" A remarkable example this of our Lord's power of drawing the most striking illustrations of great truths from the most familiar objects and incidents in life. To these words, recorded by Luke, He adds the following, involving a principle of immense value: "But rather give alms of such things as ye have, and behold, all things are clean unto you" (Luk 11:41). As the greed of these hypocrites was one of the most prominent features of their character (Luk 16:14), our Lord bids them exemplify the opposite character, and then their outside, ruled by this, would be beautiful in the eye of God, and their meals would be eaten with clean hands, though much fouled with the business of this everyday world. (See Ecc 9:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Cleanse first that which is within the cup and the platter - Let them be filled with the fruits of honest industry, and then the outside and the inside will be really "clean." By this allusion to the cup and platter he taught them that it was necessary to cleanse the heart first, that the external conduct might be really pure and holy. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Ye build the tombs of the prophets - And that is all, for ye neither observe their sayings, nor imitate their actions. |
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?