Mark 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man… This conduct and these dispositions of Christ ought to be imitated by a wise minister. 1. He ought to have a holy indignation against those who, out of envy, oppose their own conversion. 2. A real affliction of heart on account of their blindness. 3. A charitable and constant application to those whom God sends to him, notwithstanding all contradiction. 4. He must incite them to lift up, and stretch forth, their hands toward God, in order to pray to Him; toward the poor, to relieve them; and toward their enemies, to be reconciled to them. (Quesnel.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. |
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