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205 Matthew 23
was spoken to you by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God
is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
33 And when the multitude heard this,
they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that
he had put the Sadducees to silence, they
were gathered together.
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer,
asked him a question, tempting him,
and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment
in the law?
37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like it, You shall
love your neighbour as yourself.
40 On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets.
41 While the Pharisees were gathered
together, Jesus asked them,
42 Saying, What do you think of Christ?
whose son is he? They said to him, The
Son of David.
43 He said to them, How then does David
in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on
my right hand, till I make your enemies
your footstool?
45 If David then called him Lord, how
is he his son?
46 And no man was able to answer him
a word, neither dared any man from that
day forth ask him any more questions.
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CHAPTER 23
HEN spoke Jesus to the multitude,
and to his disciples,
2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees
sit in Moses’ seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you
observe, that observe and do; but do not
after their works: for they said, and do
not.
4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous
to be borne, and lay them on men’s
shoulders; but they themselves will not
move them with one of their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for to be
seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries,
and enlarge the borders of their
garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts,
and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to
be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 But be not called Rabbi: for one is
your Master, even Christ; and all you are
brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the
earth: for one is your Father, which is in
heaven.
10 Neither be called masters: for one is
22:36–40 At war with the Law. “There is a war between you and God’s Law. The Ten
Commandments are against you. The first comes forward and says, ‘Let him be cursed. For he denies
Me. He has another god beside Me. His god is his belly and he yields his homage to his lust.’
All the Ten Commandments, like ten great cannons, are pointed at you today. For you have broken
all of God’s statutes and lived in daily neglect of all His commands.
“Soul, thou wilt find it a hard thing to go at war with the Law. When the Law came in peace,
Sinai was altogether on a smoke and even Moses said, ‘I exceeding fear and quake!’ What will you
do when the Law of God comes in terror; when the trumpet of the archangel shall tear you from
your grave; when the eyes of God shall burn their way into your guilty soul; when the great books
shall be opened and all your sin and shame shall be punished...Can you stand against an angry
Law in that Day?” Charles Spurgeon
23:9 Jesus commanded His followers not to call any man “father.” The Pharisees loved to be seen
and praised by men. They cherished their titles—Rabbi (Matthew 23:8) and Father (Acts 7:2; 22:1).
Jesus condemned these titles because of their hypocrisy. Paul used them rightly in reference to
those whom he had begotten through the gospel (1 Corinthians 4:15).