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Joachim Jeremias, The Parables of Jesus ISBN 0-33402917-1. Schottroff, Luise, 2006. The parables of Jesus ISBN 0-8006-3699-6; Sumner, John Bird, 1850. The parables of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ C. Cox Publishers, London. Trinder, William Martin, 1816. Sermons on the parables of Jesus Christ Baldwin, Cradock and Joy Publishers, London.
For Adam Clarke, there are three miracles of Jesus in this passage: the forgiveness of sins, the discernment of the private thoughts of the scribes, and the cure of the paralytic. [7] According to John Gill , the fact that Jesus knew people's thoughts was sufficient demonstration of his Messiahship, according to the teaching of the Jews.
Jesus' promise here is given to the whole group of disciples (the verb is plural), [3] parallel to the promise in Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18. [4] The disciples' power to forgive sins is linked to the gift of the Spirit in John 20:22 , and not in human power. [ 3 ]
The verses immediately following the Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:14–15 [62] show Jesus teaching that the forgiveness of our sin/debt (by God) is linked with how we forgive others, as in the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant Matthew 18:23–35, [63] which Matthew gives later. R. T. France comments:
However, there is a very relevant aspect of Roman law that may have been the cultural reference this parable is built around considering the Judeans of Jesus day were ruled by Rome. In the Roman Constitution known as the Laws of the 12 Tables [ dead link ] (Table III, Laws IV-X), there is a detailed set of laws on debtors that shows a great ...
The teachings of the Sermon on the Mount have been a key element of Christian ethics, and for centuries the sermon has acted as a fundamental recipe for the conduct of the followers of Jesus. [27] Various religious and moral thinkers (e.g. Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi ) have admired its message, and it has been one of the main sources of ...
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