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Matthew:1:1 @ The (note:)Jesus Christ came of Abraham of the tribe of Judah, and of the family of David as God promised.(:note)Rehearsal: as the Hebrews used to speak; see (Gen_5:1), the book of the generations. book of the Of the ancestors from whom Christ came. generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the Christ is also the son of Abraham. son of Abraham.
geneva@Matthew:1:4 @ And Aram begate Aminadab; Aminadab begate Naasson; Naasson begat Salmon.
geneva@Matthew:1:5 @ And Salmon begate Booz of Rachab; Booz begat Obed of Ruth; Obed begat Iesse.
geneva@Matthew:1:6 @ And Iesse begate Dauid the King; Dauid the King begate Solomon of her that was the wife of Vrias.
geneva@Matthew:1:7 @ And Solomon begate Roboam; Roboam begate Abia; Abia begate Asa.
geneva@Matthew:1:10 @ And Ezekias begate Manasses; Manasses begate Amon; Amon begate Iosias.
geneva@Matthew:1:11 @ and Josias begat (note:)That is, the captivity fell in the days of Jakim and Jechonias: for Jechonias was born before the carrying away into captivity.(:note) Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon.
geneva@Matthew:1:12 @ And after they were caried away into Babylon, Iechonias begate Salathiel. And Salathiel begate Zorobabel.
geneva@Matthew:1:17 @ All (note:)All those who were considered to be in the lineage of David's family, as they begat one another orderly in turn.(:note) the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David [were] fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying away of Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen generations.
geneva@Matthew:1:18 @ Now the birth of (note:)Christ is the true Emmanuel, and therefore, Jesus (that is, Saviour) is conceived in the virgin by the Holy Spirit, as foretold by the prophets.(:note) Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.
geneva@Matthew:1:20 @ but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to (note:)Receive her from her parents and kinsfolks hands.(:note) take to [thee] Mary, thy Who was promised, and made sure to you to be your wife. wife, for that which is Of the mother's substance by the Holy Spirit. begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit.
geneva@Matthew:1:21 @ And she shall bring forth (note:)Christ is born of the same virgin who never knew a man: and is named Jesus by God himself through the angel.(:note) a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save Save, and this shows us the meaning of the name Jesus. his people from their sins.
geneva@Matthew:1:22 @ And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,
geneva@Matthew:1:23 @ Behold, a (note:)There is an article added in the Hebrew and Greek text, to point out the woman and set her forth plainly: as we would say, the virgin, or a certain virgin.(:note) virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
geneva@Matthew:1:25 @ And knew her not (note:)The word «till», in the Hebrew language, gives us to understand that a thing will not come to pass in time to come: as Michal had no children «till» her death day, (2Sa_6:23). And in the last chapter of this evangelist: Behold, I am with you «till» the end of the world.(:note) till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
geneva@Matthew:2:1 @ Now when (note:)Christ a poor child, laid down in a crib, and though given no attention by his own people, receives nonetheless a noble witness of his divinity from heaven, and of his kingly estate from strangers: which his own people unknowingly let happen, although they did not acknowledge him.(:note) Jesus was born in Bethlehem of For there was another in the tribe of Zebulun. Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came Wise and learned men: It is a Persian word which they use frequently. wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
geneva@Matthew:2:4 @ And when he had gathered all the (note:)The chief priests, that is, such as were of Aaron's family, who were divided into twenty-four orders. (1Ch_24:5; 2Ch_36:14).(:note) chief priests and They that expound the law to the people, for the Hebrews take this word for another, which means as much as to expound and to declare. scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
geneva@Matthew:2:6 @ And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the (note:)Though you are a small town, yet you will be very famous and notable through the birth of the Messiah, who will be born in you.(:note) least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that That will rule and govern: for kings are rightly called leaders and shepherds of the people. shall rule my people Israel.
geneva@Matthew:2:15 @ And was there vnto the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.
geneva@Matthew:2:18 @ In Rama was there (note:)A voice of lamenting, weeping and howling.(:note) a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, That is to say, All who live around Bethlehem: for Rachel, Jacob's wife who died in childbirth, was buried by the road that leads to this town, which is also called Ephratah, because of the fruitfulness of the soil, and the plentifulness of corn. Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
geneva@Matthew:3:1 @ In (note:)Not when Joseph went to dwell at Nazareth, but a great while after, about fifteen years: for in the 30th year of his life Jesus was baptized by John: therefore «those days» means the time when Jesus remained as an inhabitant of the town of Nazareth.(:note) those days came John, who through his singular holiness and rare austerity of life caused men to cast their eyes on him, prepares the way for Christ who is following fast on his heels, as the prophet Isaiah foretold, and delivers the sum of the gospel, which a short time later would be delivered more fully. John the Baptist, preaching in the In a hilly country, which was nonetheless inhabited, for Zacharias dwelt there, (Luk_1:39-40), and there was Joab's house, (1Ki_2:34); and besides these, Joshua makes mention of six towns that were in the wilderness, (Jos_15:61-62). wilderness of Judaea,
geneva@Matthew:3:3 @ For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, (note:)Make him a plain and smooth way.(:note) make his paths straight.
geneva@Matthew:3:4 @ And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was (note:)Locusts were a type of meat which certain of the eastern people use, who were therefore called devourers of locusts.(:note) locusts and wild honey.
geneva@Matthew:3:5 @ Then went out to him (note:)The people of Jerusalem.(:note) Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
geneva@Matthew:3:6 @ And were baptized of him in Jordan, (note:)Acknowledging that they were saved only by free remission and forgiveness of their sins.(:note) confessing their sins.
geneva@Matthew:3:16 @ And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto (note:)To John.(:note) him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
geneva@Matthew:4:3 @ Then came to him the tempter, and said, If thou be the Sonne of God, commande that these stones be made bread.
geneva@Matthew:4:4 @ But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
geneva@Matthew:4:5 @ Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a (note:)The battlement which encompassed the flat roof of the Temple so that no man might fall down: as was appointed by the law; (Deu_22:8).(:note) pinnacle of the temple,
geneva@Matthew:4:6 @ And said vnto him, If thou be the Sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe: for it is written, that he wil giue his Angels charge ouer thee, and with their hands they shall lift thee vp, lest at any time thou shouldest dash thy foote against a stone.
geneva@Matthew:4:7 @ Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not (note:)Literally, «Thou shalt not go on still in tempting.»(:note) tempt the Lord thy God.
geneva@Matthew:4:10 @ Then sayd Iesus vnto him, Auoyde Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lorde thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue.
geneva@Matthew:4:13 @ And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in (note:)Which was a town a great deal more famous than Nazareth was.(:note) Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
geneva@Matthew:4:15 @ The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the (note:)Of Tiberias, or because that country went toward Tyre, which borders the eastern Mediterranean Sea.(:note) sea, beyond Jordan, So called because it bordered upon Tyre and Sidon, and because Solomon gave the king of Tyre twenty cities in that quarter; (1Ki_9:11). Galilee of the Gentiles;
geneva@Matthew:4:16 @ The people which sate in darkenes, sawe great light: and to them which sate in the region, and shadowe of death, light is risen vp.
geneva@Matthew:4:21 @ And when he was gone forth from thence, he saw other two brethren, Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother in a ship with Zebedeus their father, mending their nets, & he called them.
geneva@Matthew:4:23 @ And (note:)Christ assures the hearts of the believers of his spiritual and saving virtue, by healing the diseases of the body.(:note) Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in Their, that is, the Galilaeans. their Synagogues, that is, the Churches of the Jews. synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the Of the Messiah. kingdom, and healing Diseases of all kinds, but not every disease: that is, as we say, some of every kind. all manner of sickness and all manner of The word properly signifies the weakness of the stomach: but here it is taken for those diseases which make those that have them faint and wear away. disease among the people.
geneva@Matthew:4:24 @ And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and (note:)The word signifies properly the stone with which gold is tried: and by a borrowed kind of speech, is applied to all kinds of examinations by torture, when as by rough dealing and torments, we draw out the truths from men who otherwise would not confess: in this place it is taken for those diseases, which put sick men to great woe.(:note) torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were Who at every full moon or the change of the moon, are troubled and diseased. lunatick, and those that had the Weak and feeble men, who have the parts of their body loosed and so weakened, that they are neither able to gather them up together, nor do with them as they wish. palsy; and he healed them.
geneva@Matthew:4:25 @ And there folowed him great multitudes out of Galile, and Decapolis, and Hierusalem, and Iudea, and from beyond Iordan.
geneva@Matthew:5:3 @ Blessed [are] the (note:)Under the name of poverty are meant all the miseries, that are joined with poverty.(:note) poor in Whose minds and spirits are brought under control, and tamed, and obey God. spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
geneva@Matthew:5:10 @ Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
geneva@Matthew:5:13 @ Ye (note:)The ministers of the word especially (unless they will be the most cowardly of all) must lead others both by word and deed to this greatest joy and happiness.(:note) are the salt of the Your doctrine must be very sound and good, for if it is not so, it will be not regarded and cast away as a thing unsavoury and vain. earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be What will you have to salt with? And so are fools in the Latin tongue called «saltless», as you would say, men that have no salt or savour and taste in them. salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
geneva@Matthew:5:14 @ Ye are the (note:)You shine and give light by being made partakers of the true light.(:note) light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
geneva@Matthew:5:15 @ Neither doe men light a candel, and put it vnder a bushel, but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.
geneva@Matthew:5:18 @ For truly I say vnto you, Till heauen, and earth perish, one iote or one title of the Law shall not scape, till all things be fulfilled.
geneva@Matthew:5:22 @ But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be (note:)He speaks of the judgment of God, and of the difference of sins, and therefore applies his words to the form of civil judgments which were then used.(:note) in danger Of that judgment which was ruled by three men, who had the hearing and deciding of money matters, and such other small causes. of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the By that judgment which stood of 23 judges, who had the hearing and deciding of weighty affairs, as the matter of a whole tribe or of a high priest, or of a false prophet. council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Whereas we read here «hell», it is in the text itself «Gehenna», which is one Hebrew word made out of two, and is as if to say «as the Valley of Hinnom», which the Hebrews called Topheth: it was a place where the Israelites cruelly sacrificed their children to false gods, whereupon it was taken for a place appointed to torment the reprobates in (Jer_7:31). hell The Jews used four kinds of punishments, before their government was taken away by Herod: hanging, beheading, stoning, and burning. It is burning that Christ meant, because burning was the greatest punishment; therefore by making mention of a judgment, a council, and a fire, he shows that some sins are worse than others are, but yet they are all such that we must give account for them, and will be punished for them. fire.
geneva@Matthew:5:24 @ Leaue there thine offring before the altar, and goe thy way: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
geneva@Matthew:5:28 @ But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart.
geneva@Matthew:5:29 @ And if thy (note:)He names the right eye and the right hand, because the parts of the right side of our bodies are the chiefest, and the most ready to commit any wickedness.(:note) right eye Literally, do cause you to offend: for sins are stumbling blocks as it were, that is to say, rocks which we are cast upon. offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.
geneva@Matthew:5:30 @ Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
geneva@Matthew:5:32 @ But I say vnto you, whosoeuer shall put away his wife (except it be for fornication) causeth her to commit adulterie: & whosoeuer shal marrie her that is diuorced, committeth adulterie.
geneva@Matthew:5:34 @ But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God:
geneva@Matthew:5:36 @ Neither shalt thou sweare by thine head, because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke.
geneva@Matthew:5:37 @ But let your communication be, (note:)Whatever you affirm, affirm it alone, and whatever you deny, deny it alone without any more words.(:note) Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of From an evil conscience, or from the devil. evil.
geneva@Matthew:5:39 @ But I say vnto you, Resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.
geneva@Matthew:5:47 @ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the (note:)They that were the toll masters, and had the oversight of tributes and customs: this was a type of man that the Jews hated to death, both because they served the Romans in those offices (whose heavy bondage they could not overthrow) and also because these toll masters were for the most part given to covetousness.(:note) publicans so?
geneva@Matthew:6:1 @ Take heed that ye do not your (note:)Ambition makes alms vain.(:note) alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no This word «reward» is always taken in the scriptures for a free recompense, and therefore the schoolmen fondly set it to be answerable to a deserving, which they call «merit». reward of your Father which is in heaven.
geneva@Matthew:6:7 @ But when ye pray, use not (note:)Long prayers are not condemned, but vain, needless, and superstitious ones.(:note) vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
geneva@Matthew:6:10 @ Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done euen in earth, as it is in heauen.
geneva@Matthew:6:11 @ Give us this day our (note:)That which is suitable for our nature for our daily food, or such as may suffice our nature and complexion.(:note) daily bread.
geneva@Matthew:6:13 @ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from (note:)From the devil, or from all adversity.(:note) evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
geneva@Matthew:6:27 @ Which of you by (note:)He speaks of care which is joined with thought of mind, and has for the most part distrust yoked with it.(:note) taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
geneva@Matthew:6:28 @ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they (note:)By labour.(:note) toil not, neither do they spin:
geneva@Matthew:6:29 @ Yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these.
geneva@Matthew:7:1 @ Judge (note:)We ought to find fault with one another, but we must beware we do not do it without cause, or to seem holier than others or because of hatred of others.(:note) not, that ye be not judged.
geneva@Matthew:7:9 @ For what man is there among you, which if his sonne aske him bread, woulde giue him a stone?
geneva@Matthew:7:22 @ Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy (note:)By «name» here is meant mighty working power of God, which every man witnesses that calls upon him.(:note) name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many Properly, powers: Now these excellent works which are done are called powers because of those things which they bring to pass, for by them we understand how mighty the power of God is. wonderful works?
geneva@Matthew:7:25 @ And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not: for it was grounded on a rocke.
geneva@Matthew:7:26 @ But whosoeuer heareth these my wordes, and doeth them not, shall be likened vnto a foolish man, which hath builded his house vpon the sand:
geneva@Matthew:7:27 @ And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.
geneva@Matthew:7:28 @ And it came to passe, when Iesus had ended these wordes, the people were astonied at his doctrine.
geneva@Matthew:7:29 @ For he taught them as one hauing authoritie, and not as the Scribes.
geneva@Matthew:8:8 @ But the Centurion answered, saying, Master, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe: but speake the worde onely, and my seruant shall be healed.
geneva@Matthew:8:9 @ For I am a man also vnder the authoritie of an other, and haue souldiers vnder me: and I say to one, Goe, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and he commeth: and to my seruant, Doe this, and he doeth it.
geneva@Matthew:8:13 @ Then Iesus saide vnto the Centurion, Goe thy way, and as thou hast beleeued, so be it vnto thee, And his seruant was healed the same houre.
geneva@Matthew:8:18 @ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the (note:)For Capernaum was situated upon the lake of Tiberias.(:note) other side.
geneva@Matthew:8:20 @ And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] (note:)Literally, «shades made with boughs».(:note) nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.
geneva@Matthew:8:29 @ And beholde, they cryed out, saying, Iesus the sonne of God, what haue we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to tormet vs before ye time?
geneva@Matthew:8:30 @ And there was (note:)On a hill, as Mark and Luke witness: Now Gederah, as Josephus records, book seventeen chapter thirteen, lived after the order of the Greeks and therefore we must not be surprised if there were swine there.(:note) a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
geneva@Matthew:8:32 @ And he said vnto them, Go. So they went out and departed into the heard of swine: and beholde, the whole heard of swine ranne headlong into the sea, and died in the water.
geneva@Matthew:8:34 @ And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would (note:)Where men live as swine, there Christ does not abide, but demons.(:note) depart out of their coasts.
geneva@Matthew:9:1 @ And he (note:)Sins are the cause of our afflictions, and Christ only forgives them if we believe.(:note) entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his Into Capernaum, for as Theophylact says, Bethlehem brought him forth, Nazareth brought him up, and Capernaum was his dwelling place. own city.
geneva@Matthew:9:2 @ And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus (note:)Knowing by a manifest sign.(:note) seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
geneva@Matthew:9:3 @ And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This [man] (note:)To blaspheme, signifies among the divines, to speak wickedly: and among the more eloquent Greeks, to slander.(:note) blasphemeth.
geneva@Matthew:9:6 @ And that ye may knowe that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (then saide he vnto the sicke of the palsie,) Arise, take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house.
geneva@Matthew:9:12 @ Nowe when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole neede not a Physition, but they that are sicke.
geneva@Matthew:9:15 @ And Jesus said unto them, Can the (note:)A Hebrew idiom, for they that are admitted into the marriage chamber are as the bridegroom's closest friends.(:note) children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
geneva@Matthew:9:21 @ For shee saide in her selfe, If I may touche but his garment onely, I shalbe whole.
geneva@Matthew:9:35 @ And Iesus went about all cities and townes, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdome, and healing euery sickenesse and euery disease among the people.
geneva@Matthew:10:2 @ Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The (note:)Theophylact says that Peter and Andrew are called the first, because they were first called.(:note) first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;
geneva@Matthew:10:3 @ Philippe and Bartlemewe: Thomas, and Matthewe that Publicane: Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus:
geneva@Matthew:10:4 @ Simon the Canaanite, and Judas (note:)A man of Kerioth. Now Kerioth was in the tribe of Judah; (Jos_15:25).(:note) Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
geneva@Matthew:10:13 @ And if the house be worthy, let your (note:)It is an idiom taken from the Hebrews, by which they meant every type of happiness.(:note) peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
geneva@Matthew:10:17 @ But beware of (note:)For in the cause of religion men are wolves to each other.(:note) men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
geneva@Matthew:10:21 @ And the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shal rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.
geneva@Matthew:10:23 @ But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have (note:)Bring to an end, that is, you will not have gone through all the cities of Israel and preached in them.(:note) gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
geneva@Matthew:10:25 @ It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house (note:)It was the idol of the Acronites, which we call the god of flies.(:note) Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?
geneva@Matthew:10:27 @ What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the (note:)Openly, and in the highest places. For the tops of their houses were made in such a way that they might walk upon them; (Act_10:9).(:note) housetops.
geneva@Matthew:10:29 @ Are not two sparrows sold for a (note:)The fourth part of an ounce or seven grams.(:note) farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
geneva@Matthew:10:39 @ He that (note:)They are said to find their life, who deliver it out of danger: and this is spoken against the opinion of the people, who think those that die are certainly lost, because they think not of the life to come.(:note) findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
geneva@Matthew:10:42 @ And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these (note:)Who in the sight of the world are vile and abject.(:note) little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
geneva@Matthew:11:2 @ And when Iohn heard in the prison the woorkes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him,
geneva@Matthew:11:11 @ Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the (note:)In the new state of the Church where the true glory of God shines: the people are not compared together, but the types of doctrines, the preaching of John with the law and the prophets: and again, the most clear preaching of the gospel is compared with John's.(:note) kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
geneva@Matthew:11:19 @ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. (note:)That which the many refuse, the elect and chosen embrace.(:note) But Wise men acknowledge the wisdom of the gospel when they receive it. wisdom is justified of her children.
geneva@Matthew:11:21 @ Woe be to thee, Chorazin: Woe be to thee, Bethsaida: for if ye great workes, which were done in you, had bene done in Tyrus and Sidon, they had repented long agone in sackecloth and ashes.
geneva@Matthew:11:22 @ But I say to you, It shalbe easier for Tyrus and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.
geneva@Matthew:11:23 @ And thou, Capernaum, which art lifted vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: for if the great workes, which haue bin done in thee, had bene done among them of Sodom, they had remained to this day.
geneva@Matthew:11:25 @ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast (note:)Through the ministry of Christ, who alone shows the truth of all things pertaining to God.(:note) revealed them unto babes.
geneva@Matthew:11:29 @ Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
geneva@Matthew:12:1 @ At (note:)Of the true sanctifying of the sabbath, and the breaking of it.(:note) that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
geneva@Matthew:12:2 @ And when the Pharises sawe it, they saide vnto him, Beholde, thy disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath.
geneva@Matthew:12:4 @ How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the (note:)The Hebrews call it «bread of faces», because it stood before the Lord all the week upon the golden table appointed for that service; (Lev_24:6).(:note) shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
geneva@Matthew:12:5 @ Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple (note:)When the priests do God's service on the sabbath day, they do not break the law: much less does the Lord of the Sabbath break the sabbath.(:note) profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
geneva@Matthew:12:6 @ But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.
geneva@Matthew:12:7 @ Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the innocents.
geneva@Matthew:12:8 @ For the sonne of man is Lord, euen of the Sabbath.
geneva@Matthew:12:10 @ And beholde, there was a man which had his hand dried vp; they asked him, saying, Is it lawfull to heale vpon a Sabbath day? That they might accuse him.
geneva@Matthew:12:11 @ And he said vnto the, What man shall there be among you, that hath a sheepe, & if it fal on a Sabbath day into a pit, doth not take it & lift it out?
geneva@Matthew:12:12 @ How much more then is a man better then a sheepe? Therefore, it is lawfull to doe well on a Sabbath day.
geneva@Matthew:12:18 @ Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew (note:)By judgment is meant a godly kingdom, because Christ was to proclaim true religion among the Gentiles, and to cast out superstition; and wherever this is done, the Lord is said to reign and judge there, that is to say, to govern and rule matters.(:note) judgment to the Gentiles.
geneva@Matthew:12:20 @ A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he (note:)He will pronounce sentence and judgment, in spite of the world and Satan, and show himself conqueror over all his enemies.(:note) send forth judgment unto victory.
geneva@Matthew:12:23 @ And all the people were amased, and saide, Is not this that sonne of Dauid?
geneva@Matthew:12:29 @ Els howe can a man enter into a strong mans house and spoyle his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then spoile his house.
geneva@Matthew:12:32 @ And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: (note:)Of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.(:note) but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come.
geneva@Matthew:12:37 @ For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.
geneva@Matthew:12:39 @ But he answered and said unto them, An evil and (note:)Bastard, who fell from Abraham's faith or forsook the true worship of God.(:note) adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
geneva@Matthew:12:40 @ For as Ionas was three daies & three nights in the whales belly: so shall the Sonne of man be three daies & three nights in ye heart of the earth.
geneva@Matthew:12:42 @ The queen of the (note:)He means the Queen of Sheba: whose country is south in respect to the land of Israel; (1Ki_10:1-13).(:note) south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the For Sheba is situated in the farthest coast of Arabia at the mouth of the Arabian Sea. uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.
geneva@Matthew:12:43 @ Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
geneva@Matthew:12:45 @ Then he goeth, & taketh vnto him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shall it be with this wicked generation.
geneva@Matthew:12:47 @ Then one said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speake with thee.
geneva@Matthew:13:5 @ And some fell vpon stony grounde, where they had not much earth, and anon they sprong vp, because they had no depth of earth.
geneva@Matthew:13:7 @ And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp, and choked them.
geneva@Matthew:13:8 @ Some againe fel in good ground, & brought forth fruite, one corne an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and another thirtie folde.
geneva@Matthew:13:19 @ When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his (note:)Though there is mention made of the heart, yet this sowing is referred to as hearing without understanding. For whether the seed is received in the heart or not, yet he that sows, sows to the heart.(:note) heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
geneva@Matthew:13:20 @ And hee that receiued seede in the stonie grounde, is he which heareth the woorde, and incontinently with ioy receiueth it,
geneva@Matthew:13:21 @ Yet hath he no roote in himselfe, and dureth but a season: for assoone as tribulation or persecution commeth because of the woorde, by and by he is offended.
geneva@Matthew:13:22 @ And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.
geneva@Matthew:13:25 @ But while men slept, there came his enemie, and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his waie.
geneva@Matthew:13:26 @ And when the blade was sprong vp, and brought forth fruite, then appeared the tares also.
geneva@Matthew:13:28 @ And hee said to them, Some enuious man hath done this. Then the seruants saide vnto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them vp?
geneva@Matthew:13:32 @ Which in deede is the least of all seedes: but when it is growen, it is the greatest among herbes, and it is a tree, so that the birdes of heauen come and builde in the branches thereof.
geneva@Matthew:13:35 @ That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, and will vtter the thinges which haue beene kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.
geneva@Matthew:13:38 @ And the field is the worlde, and the good seede are the children of the kingdome, and the tares are the children of that wicked one.
geneva@Matthew:13:41 @ The Sonne of man shal send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which doe iniquitie,
geneva@Matthew:13:49 @ So shall it be at the end of the world. The Angels shall goe foorth, and seuer the bad from among the iust,
geneva@Matthew:13:55 @ Is not this the carpenters sonne? Is not his mother called Marie, and his brethren Iames and Ioses, and Simon and Iudas?
geneva@Matthew:13:57 @ And they were offended with him. Then Iesus said to them, A Prophet is not without honour, saue in his owne countrey, and in his owne house.
geneva@Matthew:14:3 @ For Herod had taken Iohn, and bounde him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.
geneva@Matthew:14:6 @ But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased (note:)There were three Herods: the first of them was Antipater's son, who is also called Ascalonius, in whose reign Christ was born, and it was he that caused the children to be slain. The second was called Antipas, Magnus his son, whose mother's name was Malthaca or Martaca, and he was called Tetrarch, because he enlarged his dominion, when Archelaus was banished to Vienna in France. The third was Agrippa, Magnus his nephew by Aristobulus, and it was he that slew James.(:note) Herod.
geneva@Matthew:14:10 @ And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.
geneva@Matthew:14:13 @ And when Iesus heard it, hee departed thence by shippe into a desert place apart; when the multitude had heard it, they followed him on foote out of the cities.
geneva@Matthew:14:19 @ And hee commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grasse, and tooke the fiue loaues and the two fishes, and looked vp to heauen and blessed, and brake, and gaue the loaues to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
geneva@Matthew:14:23 @ And assoone as hee had sent the multitude away, he went vp into a moutaine alone to pray: and when the euening was come, hee was there alone.
geneva@Matthew:14:25 @ And in the (note:)By the fourth watch is meant the time nearer to day break: for in ancient times they divided the night into four watches in which they posted watches.(:note) fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
geneva@Matthew:14:26 @ And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a (note:)A spirit, as it is taken here, is that which a man imagines to himself vainly in his mind, persuading himself that he sees something when he sees nothing.(:note) spirit; and they cried out for fear.
geneva@Matthew:14:29 @ And he saide, Come; when Peter was come downe out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to goe to Iesus.
geneva@Matthew:14:32 @ And assoone as they were come into the ship, the winde ceased.
geneva@Matthew:14:33 @ Then they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, saying, Of a trueth thou art the Sonne of God.
geneva@Matthew:14:34 @ And when they were gone over, they came into the land of (note:)This Gennesaret was a lake near Capernaum, which is also called the Sea of Galilee or Tiberias; so the country itself grew to be called Gennesaret.(:note) Gennesaret.
geneva@Matthew:14:36 @ And besought him, that they might touch the hemme of his garment onely: and as many as touched it, were made whole.
geneva@Matthew:15:2 @ Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they (note:)Which they received handed down from their ancestors, or their elders allowed, who were the governors of the Church.(:note) wash not their hands when they eat bread.
geneva@Matthew:15:4 @ For God commanded, saying, (note:)By honour is meant every duty which children owe to their parents.(:note) Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
geneva@Matthew:15:5 @ But ye say, (note:)The meaning is this: whatever I bestow upon the temple, is to your profit, for it is as good as if I gave it to you, for (as the Pharisees of our time say) it will be meritorious for you: for under this form of religion, they gathered all to themselves, as though he that had given anything to the temple, had done the duty of a child.(:note) Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
geneva@Matthew:15:6 @ And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none (note:)As much as you could, you destroyed the power and authority of the commandment: for otherwise the commandments of God stand fast in the Church of God, in spite of the world and Satan.(:note) effect by your tradition.
geneva@Matthew:15:8 @ This people draweth neere vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is farre off from me.
geneva@Matthew:15:14 @ Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.
geneva@Matthew:15:19 @ For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.
geneva@Matthew:15:21 @ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the (note:)Coasts which were next to Tyre and Sidon, that is in that region where Palestine faces toward Venice, and the sea of Syria.(:note) coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
geneva@Matthew:15:22 @ And, behold, a woman of (note:)Of the people of the Canaanites, who dwelt in Phoenicia.(:note) Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
geneva@Matthew:15:24 @ But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the (note:)Of the people of Israel, who were divided into tribes, but all those tribes came from one family.(:note) house of Israel.
geneva@Matthew:15:31 @ In so much that the multitude wondered, to see the dumme speake, the maimed whole, the halt to goe, and the blinde to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
geneva@Matthew:15:35 @ And he commanded the multitude to (note:)Literally, «to lie down backwards», as rowers do in rowing, when they draw their oars to themselves.(:note) sit down on the ground.
geneva@Matthew:15:37 @ And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven (note:)A kind of container made with twigs.(:note) baskets full.
geneva@Matthew:16:1 @ The (note:)The wicked who otherwise disagree with one another, agree well together against Christ, but do what they can, Christ is victorious, and triumphs over them.(:note) Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and To see whether he could do that which they desired, but their purpose was useless for they thought to find something in him by it, in which case they might have just occasion to reprehend him: or else distrust and curiosity moved them to do so, for by such means also is God said to be tempted, that is to say, provoked to anger, as though men would strive with him. tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
geneva@Matthew:16:4 @ A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but (note:)The article shows how notable the sign is.(:note) the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
geneva@Matthew:16:7 @ And they reasoned among themselues, saying, It is because we haue brought no bread.
geneva@Matthew:16:8 @ [Which] when Jesus (note:)Not by others, but by virtue of his divinity.(:note) perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
geneva@Matthew:16:11 @ How is it that ye do not (note:)A demand or question joined with wonder.(:note) understand that I «Spake» for commanded. spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
geneva@Matthew:16:14 @ And they said, Some [say that thou art] (note:)As Herod thought.(:note) John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
geneva@Matthew:16:16 @ Then Simon Peter answered, & said, Thou art that Christ, the Sonne of the liuing God.
geneva@Matthew:16:22 @ Then Peter (note:)Took him by the hand and led him aside, as they used to do, which meant to talk familiarly with one.(:note) took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
geneva@Matthew:16:25 @ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall (note:)Shall gain himself: And this is his meaning, they that deny Christ to save themselves, not only not gain that which they look for, but also lose the thing they would have kept, that is, themselves, which is the greatest loss of all: but as for them that doubt not to die for Christ, it goes well with them otherwise.(:note) find it.
geneva@Matthew:16:27 @ For the Son of man shall come (note:)Like a King, as (Mat_6:29).(:note) in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
geneva@Matthew:16:28 @ Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his (note:)By his kingdom is understood the glory of his ascension, and what follows after that, (Eph_4:10), or the preaching of the gospel, (Mar_9:1).(:note) kingdom.
geneva@Matthew:17:1 @ And (note:)Christ in his present company is humble in the gospel, but all the while he is Lord both of heaven and earth.(:note)Luke counts eight days, containing in that number the first and last, and Matthew speaks but of the days between them. after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
geneva@Matthew:17:4 @ Then answered Peter, and saide to Iesus, Master, it is good for vs to be here: if thou wilt, let vs make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
geneva@Matthew:17:5 @ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is (note:)The word «my» distinguishes Christ from other children. For he is God's natural son, we by adoption; therefore he is called the first begotten among the brethren, because although he is by right the only son, yet he is chief among many, in that he is the source and head of the adoption.(:note) my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
geneva@Matthew:17:6 @ And when the disciples heard [it], they (note:)Fell down flat on their faces and worshipped him, as in (Mat_2:11).(:note) fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
geneva@Matthew:17:8 @ And when they lifted vp their eyes, they sawe no man, saue Iesus onely.
geneva@Matthew:17:9 @ And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the (note:)Which they saw, otherwise the word used in this place is usually used in referring to that which is seen in a dream.(:note) vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
geneva@Matthew:17:12 @ But I say vnto you that Elias is come alreadie, and they knewe him not, but haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would: likewise shal also the Sonne of man suffer of them.
geneva@Matthew:17:15 @ Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is (note:)They that at certain times of the moon are troubled with the falling sickness, or any other kind of disease: but in this case, we must so understand it, that besides the natural disease he had a demonic derangement.(:note) lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
geneva@Matthew:17:17 @ Then Iesus answered, and said, O generation faithlesse, and crooked, how long now shall I be with you! Howe long nowe shall I suffer you! Bring him hither to me.
geneva@Matthew:17:20 @ And Iesus said vnto them, Because of your vnbeliefe: for verely I say vnto you, if ye haue faith as much as is a graine of mustarde seede, ye shall say vnto this mountaine, Remooue hence to yonder place, and it shall remoue: and nothing shalbe vnpossible vnto you.
geneva@Matthew:17:25 @ He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own (note:)By children we must not understand subjects who pay tribute, but natural children.(:note) children, or of strangers?
geneva@Matthew:17:27 @ Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a (note:)The word used here is «stater», which is in value four didrachmas; every drachma is about five pence.(:note) piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
geneva@Matthew:18:3 @ And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be (note:)An idiom taken from the Hebrews which is equivalent to «repent».(:note) converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
geneva@Matthew:18:5 @ And whosoeuer shall receiue one such litle childe in my name, receiueth me.
geneva@Matthew:18:9 @ And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, then hauing two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
geneva@Matthew:18:11 @ For the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.
geneva@Matthew:18:12 @ How thinke ye? If a man haue an hundreth sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doeth he not leaue ninetie & nine, & go into the mountaines, and seeke that which is gone astray?
geneva@Matthew:18:14 @ So is it not ye wil of your Father which is in heauen, that one of these litle ones should perish.
geneva@Matthew:18:16 @ But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, that in the (note:)That is, by the word and witness; the mouth is sometimes taken for the word of speech, (Num_3:16), and also for a still witness, namely, when the matter speaks for itself, as below in (Mat_21:16).(:note) mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be Sure and certain. established.
geneva@Matthew:18:18 @ Verely I say vnto you, Whatsoeuer ye bind on earth, shall be bound in heauen: and whatsoeuer ye loose on earth, shalbe loosed in heauen.
geneva@Matthew:18:19 @ Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall (note:)This word, which is normally used of the body, is here used of the mind, for it belongs properly to poetry.(:note) agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
geneva@Matthew:18:24 @ And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him (note:)Here is set down a very great sum of six thousand crowns, that the difference may be the greater, for there is no proportion between them.(:note) ten thousand talents.
geneva@Matthew:18:26 @ The servant therefore fell down, and (note:)This was a polite reverence which was very common in the East.(:note) worshipped him, saying, Lord, Yield not too much to your anger against me: so is God called in the Scripture, slow to anger, that is to say, gentle, and one that refrains his fierce wrath, (Psa_86:5); patient and of great mercy. have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
geneva@Matthew:18:27 @ Then that seruants Lord had compassion, and loosed him, and forgaue him the dette.
geneva@Matthew:18:28 @ But when the seruant was departed, hee found one of his felow seruants, which ought him an hundred pence, & he layde hands on him, and thratled him, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
geneva@Matthew:18:30 @ Yet he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the dette.
geneva@Matthew:18:31 @ And when his other felowe seruants sawe what was done, they were very sory, & came, and declared vnto their Lord all that was done.
geneva@Matthew:18:33 @ Oughtest not thou also to haue had pitie on thy fellowe seruant, euen as I had pitie on thee?
geneva@Matthew:18:35 @ So likewise shall mine heauenly Father doe vnto you, except ye forgiue from your hearts, eche one to his brother their trespasses.
geneva@Matthew:19:1 @ And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he (note:)Passed over the water out of Galilee into the borders of Judea.(:note) departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
geneva@Matthew:19:5 @ And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall (note:)The Greek word conveys «to be glued unto», by which it signifies the union by marriage, which is between man and wife, as though they were glued together.(:note) cleave to his wife: and they They who were two become one as it were: and this word «flesh» is figuratively taken for the whole man, or the body, after the manner of the Hebrews. twain shall be one flesh?
geneva@Matthew:19:6 @ Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath (note:)Has made them yokefellows, as the marriage itself is called a yoke, by a borrowed kind of speech.(:note) joined together, let not man put asunder.
geneva@Matthew:19:9 @ And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except [it be] (note:)Therefore in these days the laws that were made against adulterers were not regarded: for they would have no need of divorce, if the marriage had been severed by punishment of death.(:note) for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
geneva@Matthew:19:12 @ For there are some (note:)A man can become a eunuch in one of two ways: the first is by castration or emasculation, and the other by natural causes, such as a rupture.(:note) eunuchs, which were so born from [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have Who abstain from marriage, and live as celibates through the gift of God. made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].
geneva@Matthew:19:15 @ And when he had put his hands on them, he departed thence.
geneva@Matthew:19:17 @ And he said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, eue God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keepe ye commandemets.
geneva@Matthew:19:19 @ Honour thy father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.
geneva@Matthew:19:20 @ The yong man sayd vnto him, I haue obserued all these things from my youth: what lacke I yet?
geneva@Matthew:19:22 @ And when the yong man heard that saying, he went away sorowfull: for he had great possessions.
geneva@Matthew:20:1 @ For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an (note:)God is bound to no man, and therefore he calls whoever and whenever he desires. This only every man ought to take heed of, and upon this bestow his whole endeavour, that he go forward and come to the mark without stopping at all or staggering, and to not curiously examine the doings of other men, or the judgments of God.(:note) householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
geneva@Matthew:20:6 @ And about the (note:)The last hour: for the day was twelve hours long, and the first hour began at sunrise.(:note) eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
geneva@Matthew:20:12 @ Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden & heate of the day.
geneva@Matthew:20:13 @ And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie?
geneva@Matthew:20:15 @ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye (note:)Naught, that is to say, do you envy at my goodness towards them? For by an «evil eye» the Hebrews mean «envy», because such dispositions appear chiefly in the eyes, as above in (Mat_6:23). It is set in opposition to the word «single», and it is taken there for corrupt: for whereas he said before in verse 22, «If thine eye be single», he adds in verse 23, «but if thine eye by wicked», or «corrupt», the word being the same in that place as it is here. (Mat_6:22-23)(:note) evil, because I am good?
geneva@Matthew:20:21 @ And he said vnto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome.
geneva@Matthew:20:22 @ But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to (note:)«Taking the cup» is figurative speech for that which is contained in the cup. And again, the Hebrews understand by the word «cup», sometimes the manner of punishment which is rendered to sin, as (Psa_11:6), or the joy that is given to the faithful, as (Psa_23:5), and sometimes a lot or condition, as (Psa_16:5).(:note) drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the This is in reference to afflictions, as David commonly uses. baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
geneva@Matthew:20:23 @ And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is (note:)The almightiness of Christ's divinity is not shut out by this, but it shows the debasing of himself by taking man's nature upon him.(:note) not mine to give, but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared of my Father.
geneva@Matthew:20:25 @ But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise (note:)Somewhat sharply and roughly.(:note) dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
geneva@Matthew:20:26 @ But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.
geneva@Matthew:20:27 @ And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.
geneva@Matthew:20:28 @ Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
geneva@Matthew:20:30 @ And beholde, two blinde men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cryed, saying, O Lorde, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.
geneva@Matthew:20:31 @ And the multitude rebuked them, because they should holde their peace: but they cried the more, saying, O Lord, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs.
geneva@Matthew:20:34 @ And Iesus mooued with compassion, touched their eyes, & immediatly their eyes receiued sight, and they followed him.
geneva@Matthew:21:2 @ Saying to them, Goe into the towne that is ouer against you, and anon yee shall finde an asse bounde, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them vnto me.
geneva@Matthew:21:4 @ All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,
geneva@Matthew:21:5 @ Tell ye the (note:)The city of Sion. This is a Hebrew idiom, common in the Lamentations of Jeremiah.(:note) daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
geneva@Matthew:21:7 @ And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their (note:)Their uppermost garment.(:note) clothes, and they set [him] Upon their garments, not upon the ass and the colt. thereon.
geneva@Matthew:21:9 @ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, (note:)This was an ancient kind of cry, which they voiced in the feast of Tabernacles, when they carried boughs according as God commanded; (Lev_23:40). And the word is corruptly made of two, for we should say, «Hoshiang-na», which is as much as to say, «Save I pray thee».(:note) Hosanna to the Son of David: Well is it to him that comes in the Name of the Lord, that is to say, whom the Lord has given us for our King. Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
geneva@Matthew:21:12 @ And Iesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that solde and bought in the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money chagers, & the seates of them that sold doues,
geneva@Matthew:21:16 @ And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast (note:)You have made most perfect. We read in David, «Thou hast established» or «grounded», and if the matter is considered well, the evangelist says here the same thing, for that which is most perfect is stable and sure.(:note) perfected praise?
geneva@Matthew:21:19 @ And seeing a figge tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaues onely, and said to it, Neuer fruite grow on thee henceforwards; anon the figge tree withered.
geneva@Matthew:21:20 @ And when his disciples saw it, they marueiled, saying, How soone is the figge tree withered!
geneva@Matthew:21:24 @ And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you (note:)One thing, that is to say, I will ask you one thing first before I answer your questions.(:note) one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
geneva@Matthew:21:25 @ The (note:)The preaching of John is called by the figure «baptism» because he preached the baptism of repentance, etc.; (Mar_1:4; Act_19:3).(:note) baptism of John, whence was it? from From God, and so it is plainly seen how these are set one against another. heaven, or of men? And they Beat their heads about it, and mused, or laid their heads together. reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
geneva@Matthew:21:28 @ But what thinke ye? A certaine man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and saide, Sonne, goe and worke to day in my vineyarde.
geneva@Matthew:21:30 @ Then came he to the second, and said likewise; he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went not.
geneva@Matthew:21:31 @ Whether of them twain did the will of [his] father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots (note:)They hurry to the kingdom of God and you go slowly, so that you should at least have followed their example. Mark then that this word, «go into», is improperly taken in this place because none of them followed Christ.(:note) go into the kingdom of God before you.