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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:17-31

Parallel passages: Matthew 19:16-30 ; Luke 18:18-30 .— 1. The rich young ruler ' s great refusal. I. HIS APPLICATION . 1 . The position of this man. We have in this section a most interesting narrative. The subject of it was a young man, in the bright and beautiful prime of life, as St. Matthew tells us; a ruler of the synagogue, as St. Luke informs us; an exceedingly rich man, as all three synoptists relate; for St. Luke tells us he was very rich , and St.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:22-31

Parallel passages: Matthew 19:22-30 ; Luke 18:23-30 .— 2. Riches and their relation to the kingdom. I. REFLECTIONS TO WHICH THE INCIDENT GAVE RISE . 1. Effect on the young ruler. He went away grieved. He is now brought to see that he cannot obey two masters; he cannot serve God and mammon. "He was sad at that saying." The word στυγνάσας here used is peculiar. In one other place it is applied to the appearance of the sky, and translated lowering ; and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:23-31

Christ must be all. Sometimes our Lord gave utterance to paradox. Certainly it was so on this occasion. Any ordinary observer would have pronounced the rich young ruler blessed, and would have pitied the poor fishermen who neglected their petty craft and followed the homeless and penniless Rabbi of Nazareth. But God's ways are not our ways. Jesus looked below the surface. To him the case of the favored of fortune and the admired of society was a sad case, and the choice of the twelve was... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:23-31

The entry of the rich into the kingdom of heaven. So impressive a scene as that which had just been witnessed needed some explanation, and was well suited to be the basis of important teaching. With much meaning, therefore, "Jesus looked round about," and, arresting the attention of his disciples, taught them further concerning the entry of the rich into the kingdom of God. I. IT IS DIFFICULT . It is difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom! But that difficulty lies, not as... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:28

Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. Peter began to say unto him. He had been thinking of himself and his companions, the other disciples.. He in reference to these last words of our Lord. It is probable that the sacrifice which Peter and the rest of the disciples had made when they became his followers, was small, compared with the sacrifice which our Lord demanded of the rich young ruler. Nevertheless they forsook their all, whatever it was. They... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:28-31

The hundredfold. I. IS CHRISTIAN SELF - SACRIFICE WORTH WHILE ? 1 . A question relocatedly asked , by worldlings and by Christians themselves: by the former because they do not comprehend or perceive the things of God, and by the latter from an imperfect experience and an imperfectly matured spiritual consciousness. 2 . Reasonably enough. The privation to which Christianity exposes men is sometimes extreme. They are called upon virtually or actually to renounce... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:28-31

Compensation. I. TO EXPECT COMPENSATION FOR WORTHY LOSS IS NATURAL AND RIGHT . The gospel encourages this. Compensation is founded on the law of things. God hath set the one over against the other. The conservation of energy is a law that applies to the life of the soul. "It will be made good to us." We cannot help feeling that the integrity of our being has a worth which must be preserved. II. CHRIST ENCOURAGES THIS EXPECTATION TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:29

St. Matthew ( Matthew 19:28 ) here introduces the great promise, to be fulfilled in the regeneration, that is, at the second coming of Christ—at the second birth of the world to a new and glorious state. It may be that St. Matthew was guided to record it, inasmuch as his Gospel was written for Jews. Its omission by St. Mark and St. Luke may be explained by the fact that they were writing, the one to Romans, and the other to Gentiles generally. Omitting further notice here of this great... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:30

But he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time ( ἑκατονταπλασίονα ). St. Luke ( Luke 18:30 ) says ( πολλαπλασίονα ) "manifold more"—an indefinite increase, to show the greatness and multitude of the recompense. He who forsakes his own for the sake of Christ will find others, many in number, who will give him the love of brethren and sisters, with even greater affection; so that he will seem not to have lost or forsaken his own, but to have received them again with interest.... read more

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