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themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life, 1 Tim. vi. 17-19. For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance, Heb. x. 34. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward, xi. 26. Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? Jam. ii. 5. To an inherit ance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, 1 Pet. i. 4. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away, v. 4. I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan, Rev. ii. 9.

VER. 21.

Οπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρὸς ὑμῶν, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

a And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure, Isa. xxxiii. 6. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also, Luke xii. 34. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal, 2 Cor. iv. 18.

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be, Rom. viii. 5-7. Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, Phil. iii. 19, 20. If ye

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then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God, Col. iii. 1-3. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God, Heb. iii. 12.

VER. 22.

Ο λύχνος τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός· ἐὰν οὖν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς τ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινὸν ἔσται·

The light of the body is the eye: bif therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

a The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness, Prov. ii. 14. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of shall be full of light, as when the bright light, having no part dark, the whole shining of a candle doth give thee light, Luke xi. 34-36.

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Acts ii. 46. But I fear, lest by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, 2 Cor. xi. 3. Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ, Ephes. vi. 5. Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God, Col. iii. 22.

VER. 23.

̓Εὰν δὲ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρὸς ᾖ, ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου σκοτεινὸν ἔσται. Εἰ οὖν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοι σκότος ἐστὶ, τὸ σκότος πόσον;

But if a thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

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a Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? is thine eye evil, because I am good? Matt. xx. 15. They have not known, nor understood for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Isa. xliv. 18--20. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness, Mark vii. 22. Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts, Ephes. iv. 18. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light, v. 8. But he that hateth his brother is in darkand walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes, 1 John ii. 11.

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b 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! Matt. xxiii. 16, &c. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him, Prov. xxvi. 12. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight, Isa. v. 20, 21. To the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them, viii. 20. For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge, Jer. iv. 22. How do ye say, We are wise, and the

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| law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? viii. 8, 9. And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: bat to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand, Luke viii. 10. And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world: that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth, John ix. 39-41. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, Rom. i. 22. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Cor. i. 18-20. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually dis-. cerned, ii. 14. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, iii. 18, 19. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see, Rev. iii. 17, 18.

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VER. 24.

MATT. VI. 24.

Oudeiç dúvatai duoi nupios dovnús γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει, καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει· ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται, καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει· οὐ δύνασθε Θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμ μονα.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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dren: as did their fathers, so do they As for you, Ο house of Israel, unto this day, 2 Kings xvii. 33, 34. thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereme: but pollute ye my holy name no after also, if ye will not hearken unto more with your gifts, and with your idols, Ezek. xx. 39. And them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham, Zeph. i. 5. No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon, Luke xvi. 13. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obe dience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin; but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh for as ye have yielded your members servants to unclean

a Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve, Matt. iv. 10. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after he hath done you good, Josh. xxiv. 15. 19. 20. And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, say-ness and to iniquity unto iniquity; ing, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines, 1 Sam. vii. 3. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word, 1 Kings xviii. 21. They feared the LORD; and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment, which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel. So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their

even so now yield your members servants to righteous unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life, Rom. vi. 16-22. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ, Gal. i. 10. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God, James iv. 4. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride

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of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world, 1 John ii. 15, 16.

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon, Luke xvi. 9. 11. 13. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil; which, while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with manysorrows. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy, 1 Tim. vi. 9, 10. 17.

VER. 25.

Διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, Μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν, τί φάγητε καὶ τί πίητε· μηδὲ τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν, τί ἐνδύσησθε. Οὐχὶ ψυχὴ πλεῖόν ἐστι τῆς τροφῆς, καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἐνδύματος ;

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Therefore a I say unto you, b Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. d Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment ?

a See parallels on clause 1, ver. 22. ch. v.

b Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof, ver. 31. 34. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak, x. 19. He also that received seed among the thorns, is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word,

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and he becometh unfruitful, xiii. 22. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved, Ps. lv. 22. And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful, Mark iv. 19. But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost, xiii. 11. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection, Luke viii. 14. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered, and said unto her. Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things, x. 40, 41. And which of you with taking thought

can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing for the rest? And seek not ye what which is least, why take ye thought ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind, xii. 25, 26. 29. And they that use this world, as not abusing it; for the fashion of this world passeth away,

Cor. vii. 31. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God, Phil. iv. 6. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier, 2 Tim. ii. 4. Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me, Heb. xiii. 5, 6. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you, 1 Pet. v. 7. * See parallels on ver. 31.

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xii. 23. 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. 32. VER. 26.

Εμβλέψατε εἰς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν, οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν, οὐδὲ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας· καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά· οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν;

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet byour heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

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a And are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows, Matt. x. 29-31. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? Job xxxv. 11. They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good, Ps. civ. 11, 12. 27, 28. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which сту, cxlvii. 9.

See parallels on third and last clauses of ver. 16. chap. v. VER. 27.

Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα. Which of you aby taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature ?

a Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black, Matt. v. 36. And, which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Luke xii. 25, 26. But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him, 1 Cor. xii. 18.

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ταμάθετε τὰ κρίνα τοῦ ἀγροῦ πῶς αὐξάνει· où xowiã, oùdi výder•

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider bthe lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

a Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ver. 25. 31. Nor scrip for your shoes, nor yet staves: for the workjourney, neither two coats, neither man is worthy of his meat, x. 10. He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise, Luke iii. 11. And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, or scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; his garment, and buy one, xxii. 35, 36. and he that hath no sword, let him sell

They toil not, they spin not; and yet b Consider the lilies how they grow: his glory was not arrayed like one of say unto you, That Solomon in all these, Luke xii. 27.

VER. 29.

Λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, ὅτι οὐδὲ Σολομὼν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ περιεβάλετο ὡς ἓν τούτων. And yet I Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed say unto That & even you, like one of these.

a And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. And she said to the king, It was land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. a true report that I heard in mine own Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen Kal wegl ivdúμarog tí μepiμvãre; xa- it: and, behold, the half was not told

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