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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Matthew 22:1-46

10. The Parable of the Marriage Feast. The King's Answers and His Question. CHAPTER 22 1. The Parable of the Marriage Feast. (Matthew 22:1-14 .) 2. The Herodians Answered. (Matthew 22:15-22 .) 3. The Sadducees Answered.(Matthew 22:23-33 .) 4. The Pharisees Answered.(Matthew 22:34-40 .) 5. The Unanswered Question.(Matthew 22:41-46 .) A third parable follows immediately. They would have laid their hands upon Him, after that searching second parable had been uttered by the Lord, but His... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:1-46

The parable of Chapter 21 has shown Israel as under law, responsible to return to God some results of the blessing with which He had entrusted them. Under responsibility they had not only failed, but had proven themselves rebellious against proper authority. The kingdom of heaven takes on therefore a different character in the present dispensation, no longer that of demanding of men that they give to God what they ought to, but that of God's gracious giving to man what man does not deserve. ... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Matthew 22:15-46

WOE AND FAREWELL Another effort to “entangle him in his talk,” and a new enemy, the Herodians. They were the politicians of the time, a low class of Jews who, for selfish reasons, favored the Roman rule represented by Herod. With flattery He is approached (Matthew 22:16 ), but had He answered their question negatively (Matthew 22:17 ), the Herodians would have accused Him before the Roman judges, while affirmatively, the Pharisees could have done so before the Sanhedrin. No true Messiah,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Matthew 22:15-46

Chapter 81 Prayer Almighty God, do thou write thy law upon, our heart, and give us a disposition towards obedience, so that every word which thou hast spoken may become the rule of our conduct. To this end do thou grant us, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Priest, the continual ministry of the Holy Ghost, to enlighten the mind, to sanctify the will, to subdue and control the whole heart, so that there may be no disobedience or rebellion in us, but a quiet and loving delight in thy sacred... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Matthew 22:34-46

"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 unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (38) This is the first and great commandment. (39) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 22:34-40

34-40 An interpreter of the law asked our Lord a question, to try, not so much his knowledge, as his judgment. The love of God is the first and great commandment, and the sum of all the commands of the first table. Our love of God must be sincere, not in word and tongue only. All our love is too little to bestow upon him, therefore all the powers of the soul must be engaged for him, and carried out toward him. To love our neighbour as ourselves, is the second great commandment. There is a... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 22:1-99

Matthew 22 BUT THE LORD calmly pursued what He had to say to them, so in the opening of this chapter we have the parable of the marriage of the king’s son, which predicts the Gospel day which was about to dawn. There is no question, “What think ye?” about this parable, for it travels beyond men’s thoughts altogether. It is also distinguished from the other two parables by beginning, “The kingdom of heaven is like,” or, more literally, “has become like.” Men come under Heaven’s jurisdiction by... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 22:34-40

The Silencing of the Pharisees. Information asked and given: v. 34. But when the Pharisees had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. v. 35. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and saying, v. 36. Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? v. 37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind. v. 38. This is the first and great... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 22:34-46

D. The Attack of the Pharisees, and the Victory of the Lord. Matthew 22:34-46(Mark 12:28-37; Luke 20:41-44.—The Gospel for the 18th Sunday after Trinity.)34But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together [collected in the same place, συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό]. 35Then one of them, which [who] was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,29 36Master, which is the great commandment [what kind of commandment is great] in the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Matthew 22:34-46

Matthew THE TABLES TURNED: THE QUESTIONERS QUESTIONED Mat_22:34 . Herodians, Sadducees, Pharisees, who were at daggers drawn with each other, patched up an alliance against Jesus, whom they all hated. Their questions were cunningly contrived to entangle Him in the cobwebs of casuistry and theological hair-splitting, but He walked through the fine-spun snares as a lion might stalk away with the nooses set for him dangling behind him. The last of the three questions put to Jesus, and the one... read more