Matthew 5:19 Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so… I. That all the law of God is binding on Christians (James 2:10). II. That all the commands of God should be preached in their proper place by Christian ministers. III. That they who pretend that there are any laws of God so small that they need not obey them, are unworthy of His kingdom. IV. That true piety has respect to all the commands of God, and keeps them (Psalm 119:64). (Dr. A. Barnes.) I. Christ does not hereby authorise us to suppose any of His commandments to be little. The meaning is — anything contained under or included in them, though seemingly small to us; as anger, scornful speaking, and reviling is the sin of murder. II. As little in it, as he accounts of them; that is nothing; they shall be excluded. (1) Observe the danger of vacating God's commands. (2) In any respect. (3) In any one instance. (Thomas Adam.) Parallel Verses KJV: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. |
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