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Matthew 7:11 - Exposition

Parallel passage: Luke 11:13 . If ye then being evil . Application of the thought of Luke 11:9 , Luke 11:10 , with further emphasis on the evil of human nature. If you with your moral worthlessness ( Matthew 6:13 , note), etc. (cf. also Matthew 12:34 ). Being ( οντες ). The presence here in the parallel passage of Luke of his common word ὑπάρχοντες points to St. Matthew's form of the sentence being the more original. Know; intuitively ( οἴδατε ) . Notwithstanding, then, the evil bent of fallen human nature, there is some good still remaining. How much more shall your Father which is in heaven. "In quo nulla est malitia" (Bengel). Give good things . Observe:

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Matthew 7:11 - Exposition

Matthew 7:11 - Exposition

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