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Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:13 JFB -> Commentary on 23:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:13 PNT -> Commentary on 23:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:13 TFG -> Commentary on 23:13 TSK -> Commentary on 23:13 TSK -> Entry for 23:13 WEN -> Notes on 23:13 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Hypocrites; Pharisees, The; Reproof EBD -> Key SBD -> Pharisees WJD -> Devotional using 23:13 WJD -> Devotional using 23:13 23:13 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. F333 You are hypocrites. F334 You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don't enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:14 JFB -> Commentary on 23:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:14 PNT -> Commentary on 23:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:14 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:14 TFG -> Commentary on 23:14 TSK -> Commentary on 23:14 TSK -> Entry for 23:14 WEN -> Notes on 23:14 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Judgment; Pharisees; Prayer; Punishment; Satire; Teachers; Wicked (People); Widow TTT -> Condemnation; Hypocrites; Pharisees, The; Prayer, Answers to; Widows EBD -> Pharisees SBD -> Pharisees WJD -> Devotional using 23:14 WJD -> Devotional using 23:14 23:14 - [In Context] F335
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:15 JFB -> Commentary on 23:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:15 PNT -> Commentary on 23:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:15 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:15 TFG -> Commentary on 23:15 TSK -> Commentary on 23:15 TSK -> Entry for 23:15 WEN -> Notes on 23:15 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hell; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Hypocrites; Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Pharisees, The; Proselytes; Scribes; Titles and Names of the Wicked; Zeal EBD -> Gehenna; Pharisees; Proselyte SBD -> Hinnom; Pharisees; Proselyte WJD -> Devotional using 23:15 WJD -> Devotional using 23:15 23:15 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. F336 You are hypocrites. F337 You travel across the seas and across different countries to find one person that will follow your ways. When you find that person, you make him worse than you are. And you are so bad that you belong in hell!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:16 JFB -> Commentary on 23:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:16 PNT -> Commentary on 23:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:16 TFG -> Commentary on 23:16 TSK -> Commentary on 23:16 TSK -> Entry for 23:16 WEN -> Notes on 23:16 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Oaths; Pharisees, The; Swearing, Profane SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:16 WJD -> Devotional using 23:16 23:16 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. F338 You guide the people, but you are blind. You say, 'If any person uses the name of the temple F339 to make a promise, that means nothing. But if any person uses the gold that is in the temple to make a promise, then he must keep that promise.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:17 JFB -> Commentary on 23:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:17 PNT -> Commentary on 23:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:17 TSK -> Commentary on 23:17 TSK -> Entry for 23:17 WEN -> Notes on 23:17 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Fools; Hypocrites; Oaths; Pharisees, The SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:17 WJD -> Devotional using 23:17 23:17 - [In Context] You are blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple? The temple makes that gold holy. {So the temple is greater.}
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:18 JFB -> Commentary on 23:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:18 PNT -> Commentary on 23:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:18 TSK -> Commentary on 23:18 TSK -> Entry for 23:18 WEN -> Notes on 23:18 NTB -> Altar; Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Altar of Burnt-offering, The; Oaths; Pharisees, The SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:18 WJD -> Devotional using 23:18 23:18 - [In Context] And you say, 'If any person uses the altar F340 to make a promise, that means nothing. But if any person uses the gift on the altar to make a promise, then he must keep his promise.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:19 JFB -> Commentary on 23:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:19 PNT -> Commentary on 23:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:19 TSK -> Commentary on 23:19 TSK -> Entry for 23:19 WEN -> Notes on 23:19 NTB -> Altar; Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Altar of Burnt-offering, The; Blindness, Spiritual; Fools; Hypocrites; Oaths; Pharisees, The SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:19 WJD -> Devotional using 23:19 23:19 - [In Context] You are blind. {You understand nothing!} Which is greater: the gift, or the altar? The altar makes the gift holy. {So the altar is greater.}
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:20 JFB -> Commentary on 23:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:20 PNT -> Commentary on 23:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:20 WEN -> Notes on 23:20 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Oaths; Pharisees, The SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:20 WJD -> Devotional using 23:20 23:20 - [In Context] The person that uses the altar to make a promise is really using the altar and also everything on the altar.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:21 JFB -> Commentary on 23:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:21 PNT -> Commentary on 23:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:21 TSK -> Commentary on 23:21 TSK -> Entry for 23:21 WEN -> Notes on 23:21 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Oaths; Pharisees, The; Swearing, Profane SBD -> Gnat; Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:21 WJD -> Devotional using 23:21 23:21 - [In Context] And the person that uses the temple to make a promise is really using the temple and also the One that lives in the temple.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:22 JFB -> Commentary on 23:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:22 PNT -> Commentary on 23:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:22 TFG -> Commentary on 23:22 TSK -> Commentary on 23:22 TSK -> Entry for 23:22 WEN -> Notes on 23:22 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple; Throne TTT -> Oaths; Pharisees, The; Swearing, Profane SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:22 WJD -> Devotional using 23:22 23:22 - [In Context] The person that uses heaven to make a promise is also using God's throne and the One that sits on that throne.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:23 JFB -> Commentary on 23:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:23 PNT -> Commentary on 23:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:23 TFG -> Commentary on 23:23 TSK -> Commentary on 23:23 TSK -> Entry for 23:23 WEN -> Notes on 23:23 NTB -> Anise; Blindness; Church; Cummin; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Mercy; Mint; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Tithes TTT -> Herbs, &c; Hypocrites; Mercy; Pharisees, The EBD -> Anise; Cummin; Mint; Pharisees; Rue SBD -> Anise; Cummin; Mint; Pharisees; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:23 WJD -> Devotional using 23:23 23:23 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. F341 You are hypocrites. F342 You give God one tenth of everything you own--even your mint, dill, and cummin. F343 But you don't obey the really important teachings of the law--being fair, showing mercy, and being faithful. These are the things you should do. And you should also continue to do those other things.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:24 JFB -> Commentary on 23:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:24 PNT -> Commentary on 23:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:24 TFG -> Commentary on 23:24 TSK -> Commentary on 23:24 TSK -> Entry for 23:24 WEN -> Notes on 23:24 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Camel, The; Hypocrites; Insects; Pharisees, The EBD -> Camel; Drink; Gnat; Prophecy; Strain at SBD -> Strain at WJD -> Devotional using 23:24 WJD -> Devotional using 23:24 23:24 - [In Context] You guide the people, but you are blind! Think about a person picking a little fly out of his drink and then swallowing a camel! You are like that. F344
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:25 JFB -> Commentary on 23:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:25 PNT -> Commentary on 23:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:25 TFG -> Commentary on 23:25 TSK -> Commentary on 23:25 TSK -> Entry for 23:25 WEN -> Notes on 23:25 NTB -> Church; Cup; Ecclesiasticism; Extortion; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Pharisees; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Pharisees, The; Self-righteousness EBD -> Ablution; Pharisees SBD -> Pharisees WJD -> Devotional using 23:25 WJD -> Devotional using 23:25 23:25 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. F345 You are hypocrites. F346 You wash clean the outside of your cups and dishes. But inside they are full of things that you got by cheating other people and pleasing yourselves.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:26 JFB -> Commentary on 23:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:26 PNT -> Commentary on 23:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:26 TFG -> Commentary on 23:26 TSK -> Commentary on 23:26 TSK -> Entry for 23:26 WEN -> Notes on 23:26 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Heart; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Pharisees, The; Self-righteousness WJD -> Devotional using 23:26 WJD -> Devotional using 23:26 23:26 - [In Context] Pharisees, you are blind! First make the inside of the cup clean and good. Then the outside of the cup can be truly clean.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:27 JFB -> Commentary on 23:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:27 PNT -> Commentary on 23:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:27 TFG -> Commentary on 23:27 TSK -> Commentary on 23:27 TSK -> Entry for 23:27 WEN -> Notes on 23:27 NTB -> Burial; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Wicked (People) TTT -> Burial; Hypocrites; Pharisees, The; Self-righteousness; Wicked, The, are compared to EBD -> Dwellings; Grave; Purification; Tombs SBD -> Burial, Sepulchres; Handicraft WJD -> Devotional using 23:27 WJD -> Devotional using 23:27 23:27 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. F347 You are hypocrites. F348 You are like tombs F349 that are painted white. The outside of those tombs looks fine. But inside, the tombs are full of the bones of dead people. And all kinds of unclean things are inside there.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:28 JFB -> Commentary on 23:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:28 PNT -> Commentary on 23:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:28 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:28 TSK -> Commentary on 23:28 TSK -> Entry for 23:28 WEN -> Notes on 23:28 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Burial; Hypocrites; Pharisees, The; Self-righteousness WJD -> Devotional using 23:28 WJD -> Devotional using 23:28 23:28 - [In Context] It is the same with you. People look at you and think that you are good. But on the inside you are full of hypocrisy F350 and evil.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:29 JFB -> Commentary on 23:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:29 PNT -> Commentary on 23:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:29 TFG -> Commentary on 23:29 TSK -> Commentary on 23:29 TSK -> Entry for 23:29 WEN -> Notes on 23:29 NTB -> Burial; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers TTT -> Burial; Pharisees, The EBD -> Garnish; Tombs SBD -> Olives, Mount of WJD -> Devotional using 23:29 WJD -> Devotional using 23:29 23:29 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. F351 You are hypocrites. F352 You build tombs for the prophets. F353 And you show honor to the graves of people that lived good lives.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:30 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:30 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:30 JFB -> Commentary on 23:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:30 PNT -> Commentary on 23:30 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:30 TSK -> Commentary on 23:30 TSK -> Entry for 23:30 WEN -> Notes on 23:30 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers TTT -> Pharisees, The; Self-righteousness EBD -> Father SBD -> Father WJD -> Devotional using 23:30 WJD -> Devotional using 23:30 23:30 - [In Context] And you say, 'If we had lived during the time of our fathers, F354 we would not have helped them kill these prophets.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:31 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:31 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:31 JFB -> Commentary on 23:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:31 PNT -> Commentary on 23:31 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:31 TSK -> Commentary on 23:31 TSK -> Entry for 23:31 WEN -> Notes on 23:31 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Responsibility; Satire; Self-Condemnation; Self-Righteousness; Teachers TTT -> Pharisees, The WJD -> Devotional using 23:31 WJD -> Devotional using 23:31 23:31 - [In Context] You give proof that you are children (descendants) of those people that killed the prophets.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:32 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:32 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:32 JFB -> Commentary on 23:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:32 PNT -> Commentary on 23:32 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:32 TSK -> Commentary on 23:32 TSK -> Entry for 23:32 WEN -> Notes on 23:32 NTB -> Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Responsibility; Satire; Teachers TTT -> Pharisees, The EBD -> Measure SBD -> Father WJD -> Devotional using 23:32 WJD -> Devotional using 23:32 23:32 - [In Context] And you will finish the sin that your fathers started!
FOOTNOTES: F333: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F334: hypocrites   Bad people that act like they are good. F335: Verse 14   Some Greek copies add verse 14: "It will be bad for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees. You are hypocrites. You take away widows' houses, and you make long prayers so that people can see you. So you will have a worse punishment." See Mk. 12:40; Lk. 20:47. F336: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F337: hypocrites   Bad people that act like they are good. F338: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F339: temple   The special building in Jerusalem for Jewish worship. F340: altar   An altar is a place where sacrifices or gifts are offered to God. There was an altar in front of the temple in Jerusalem. F341: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F342: hypocrites   Bad people that act like they are good. F343: mint, dill, cummin   Small plants grown in gardens and used for spices. Only very religious people would be careful enough to give a tenth of these plants. F344: You are like that   Meaning, "You worry about the smallest mistakes but do the biggest sin." F345: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F346: hypocrites   Bad people that act like they are good. F347: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F348: hypocrites   Bad people that act like they are good. F349: tombs   Small buildings made to show respect for important persons that had died. F350: hypocrisy   Acting like you are good when you are not. F351: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F352: hypocrites   Bad people that act like they are good. F353: prophets   People that spoke for God. F354: fathers   Important ancestors of the Jews, especially the leaders of the twelve Jewish family groups.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.