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106. “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His faithful love endures forever.” — Psalm 136:1 107. “But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love ...
The third antithesis (verses 31–32) not only contains Jesus' rejection of the legal process of divorce stated in Deuteronomy 24:1 [13] but uniquely includes his only justification for divorce, i.e. "sexual unfaithfulness" (cf. Matthew 19:8). [16] 31 It has been said, "Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce."
The Greek text of Matthew 5:42-45 with a decorated headpiece in Folio 51 recto of Lectionary 240 (12th century). In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: . But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; [2]
Dwight Pentecost suggests that given that Jesus often preached to a mixed audience of believers and non-believers, he used parables to reveal the truth to some, but hide it from others. [1] The Anglican bishop of Montreal, Ashton Oxenden, suggests that Jesus constructed his parables based on his divine knowledge of how man can be taught:
The first discourse (Matthew 5–7) is called the Sermon on the Mount and is one of the best known and most quoted parts of the New Testament. [6] It includes the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer and the Golden Rule. To most believers in Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount contains the central tenets of Christian discipleship. [6]
Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. ' "
[54] A number of other commentators share this opinion, [57] with the consensus of the Jesus Seminar being that verses Luke 10:36–37 [58] were added by Luke to "connect with the lawyer's question." [ 52 ] On the other hand, the "keen rabbinic interest in the question of the greatest commandment " [ 57 ] may make this argument invalid, in that ...
The servants of the Devil are tormented by all kinds of vices; but it is the desire of empty glory that torments the servants of the Lord more than the servants of the Devil. [14] Augustine: How great strength the love of human glory has, none feels, but he who has proclaimed war against it. For though it is easy for any not to wish for praise ...
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