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The Hanged Man's House, Cézanne, 1873. The Parable of the strong man (also known as the parable of the burglar and the parable of the powerful man) is a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, found in Matthew 12:29, Mark 3:27, and Luke 11:21–22, and also in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas where it is known as logion 35 [1]
Clockwise from left: Behemoth (on earth), Ziz (in sky), and Leviathan (under sea). From an illuminated manuscript, 13th century AD. Behemoth (/ b ɪ ˈ h iː m ə θ, ˈ b iː ə-/; Hebrew: בְּהֵמוֹת, bəhēmōṯ) is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster ...
This verse modifies the version found in Luke 6:49 it expands the verse so that its structure parallels 24. It also makes clear that hearing the words are not enough, but rewards only come to those who act upon them as well. This is a common theme in Matthew also found at Matthew 7:13 and 7:21. [1] In Luke the bad house is one lacking a foundation.
This verse warns the hypocrites (see verse 5) who attack others for their small flaws while ignoring their own massive ones, those who judge others but do not evaluate themselves. It has a dual meaning, first attacking the hypocrisy of those who criticize others while ignoring their own much larger flaws, and since the flaw is in the eye it is ...
This parable compares building one's life on the teachings and example of Jesus to a flood-resistant building founded on solid rock. The Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders (also known as the House on the Rock), is a parable of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew as well as in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke ().
The dominant reading is that the two expressions are both referring to the same thing and the same group of people. To Nolland, this verse is not an attack on any particular group, but rather a continuation of the theme of God and Mammon begun at Matthew 6:24 and that verse is an attack on wasteful
Floods occur as a disaster again in Matthew 25, and many times elsewhere in the Bible, with the Great Flood being the most prominent. [3] Origen read the storms in this verse as representing persecution, and that despite the attacks of outsiders the persecutions will mean nothing to those with a solid foundation of faith. [4]
Glossa Ordinaria: It is evident that the star must have been in the air, and close above the house where the Child was, else it would not have pointed out the exact house. [4] Ambrose: The star is the way, and the way is Christ; and according to the mystery of the incarnation, Christ is a star. He is a blazing and a morning-star.