The parables of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ: with the practical exposition of J.B. Sumner, extr. from his grace's larger work on the four Gospels. By G. WilkinsonC. Cox, 1850 - 372 pages |
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... called them , they become a dishonour and reproach to the name they bear . For they are set up as a light which men should walk by ; this was the purpose of their calling . 15. " Neither do men light a candle , and put it under a bushel ...
... called them , they become a dishonour and reproach to the name they bear . For they are set up as a light which men should walk by ; this was the purpose of their calling . 15. " Neither do men light a candle , and put it under a bushel ...
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... called wise , who builds on a sure foundation , and lays it on a rock . Will a builder say , that because it is calm weather , or low water when he builds , he will neglect his foundation , and place his house on the sandy shore ? For a ...
... called wise , who builds on a sure foundation , and lays it on a rock . Will a builder say , that because it is calm weather , or low water when he builds , he will neglect his foundation , and place his house on the sandy shore ? For a ...
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... called Him Master and Lord , " and " did not the things which He said . " Neither will it stand in the day of judgment : for Christ has Himself declared , that He will reply to such as trusted in their Church to save them , and in their ...
... called Him Master and Lord , " and " did not the things which He said . " Neither will it stand in the day of judgment : for Christ has Himself declared , that He will reply to such as trusted in their Church to save them , and in their ...
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... called to sufficient sorrow and self - denial , when the bridegroom shall be taken from them : and then shall they fast in those days . How striking is the prophecy contained in these words ! My disciples have a comfort and ...
... called to sufficient sorrow and self - denial , when the bridegroom shall be taken from them : and then shall they fast in those days . How striking is the prophecy contained in these words ! My disciples have a comfort and ...
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... called Mary , and His brethren , James and Joses , and Simon , and Judas ? Whence then hath this man all these things ? And they were offended in Him . " Others cavilled at our Lord's manner of every conversation : " Behold a man ...
... called Mary , and His brethren , James and Joses , and Simon , and Judas ? Whence then hath this man all these things ? And they were offended in Him . " Others cavilled at our Lord's manner of every conversation : " Behold a man ...
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Page 123 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them ? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Page 280 - Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Page 33 - And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive...
Page 240 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 221 - Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him : for she is a sinner.
Page 96 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready : for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Page 238 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone...
Page 278 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Page 134 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 28 - Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out ; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there ; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.