Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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The disciples of Christ are better than the common herd; and you may find in the Church such as with more ardent affection come to the word of God; these are Christ's disciples, the rest are only His people. And sometimes He speaks to His disciples alone, sometimes to the multitudes and His disciples together, as here.
Then spake Jesus to the multitude,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Luke 12:1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is…
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Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
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Luke 12:57And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
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Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
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The verses this one reaches8
In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,
In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,
Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
