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Matthew Chapter 23

Matthew

mat 23:0

Overview

Mat 23:1, Christ admonishes the people to follow the good doctrine, not the evil examples, of the Scribes and Pharisees; Mat 23:5, His disciples must beware of their ambition; Mat 23:13, He denounces eight woes against their hypocrisy and blindness, Mat 23:34. and prophesies of the destruction of Jerusalem.

Matthew 23:1

mat 23:1

Mat 15:10-20; Mar 7:14; Luk 12:1, Luk 12:57, Luk 20:45

Matthew 23:2

mat 23:2

Neh 8:4-8; Mal 2:7; Mar 12:38; Luk 20:46

Matthew 23:3

mat 23:3

whatsoever: Mat 15:2-9; Exo 18:19, Exo 18:20,Exo 18:23; Deu 4:5, Deu 5:27, Deu 17:9-12; Ch2 30:12; Act 5:29, Rom 13:1

for: Mat 21:30; Psa 50:16-20; Rom 2:19-24; Ti2 3:5; Tit 1:16

Matthew 23:4

mat 23:4

Mat 23:23, Mat 11:28-30; Luk 11:46; Act 15:10,Act 15:28; Gal 6:13; Rev 2:24

Matthew 23:5

mat 23:5

all: Matt. 6:1-16; Kg2 10:16; Luk 16:15, Luk 20:47, Luk 21:1; Joh 5:44, Joh 7:18, Joh 12:43; Phi 1:15, Phi 2:3; Th2 2:4

they make: Deu 6:8; Pro 3:3, Pro 6:21-23

the borders: Mat 9:20; Num 15:38, Num 15:39; Deu 22:12

Matthew 23:6

mat 23:6

Mat 20:21; Pro 25:6, Pro 25:7; Mar 12:38, Mar 12:39; Luk 11:43-54, Luk 14:7-11, Luk 20:46, Luk 20:47; Rom 12:10; Jam 2:1-4; Jo3 1:9

Matthew 23:7

mat 23:7

Rabbi: Joh 1:38, Joh 1:49, Joh 3:2, Joh 3:26, Joh 6:25, Joh 20:16

Matthew 23:8

mat 23:8

be: Mat 23:10; Co2 1:24, Co2 4:5; Jam 3:1; Pe1 5:3

one: Mat 10:25, Mat 17:5, Mat 26:49; Joh 13:13, Joh 13:14; Rom 14:9, Rom 14:10; Co1 1:12, Co1 1:13, Co1 3:3-5

all: Luk 22:32; Eph 3:15; Col 1:1, Col 1:2; Rev 1:9, Rev 19:10, Rev 22:9

Matthew 23:9

mat 23:9

call: Kg2 2:12, Kg2 6:21, Kg2 13:14; Job 32:21, Job 32:22; Act 22:1; Co1 4:15; Ti1 5:1, Ti1 5:2; Heb 12:9

for: Mat 6:8, Mat 6:9, Mat 6:32; Mal 1:6; Rom 8:14-17; Co2 6:18; Jo1 3:1

Matthew 23:11

mat 23:11

Mat 20:26, Mat 20:27; Mar 10:43, Mar 10:44; Luk 22:26, Luk 22:27; Joh 13:14, Joh 13:15; Co1 9:19; Co2 4:5; Co2 11:23; Gal 5:13; Phi 2:5-8

Matthew 23:12

mat 23:12

Mat 5:3, Mat 18:4; Job 22:29; Psa 138:6; Pro 15:33, Pro 16:18, Pro 16:19, Pro 29:23; Isa 57:15; Dan 4:37; Luk 1:51, Luk 1:52, Luk 14:11, Luk 18:14; Jam 4:6; Pe1 5:5

Matthew 23:13

mat 23:13

woe: Mat 23:14, Mat 23:15, Mat 23:27, Mat 23:29; Isa 9:14, Isa 9:15, Isa 33:14; Zac 11:17; Luk 11:43, Luk 11:44

for ye shut: Mat 21:31, Mat 21:32; Luk 11:52; Joh 7:46-52, Joh 9:22, Joh 9:24, Joh 9:34; Act 4:17, Act 4:18, Act 5:28, Act 5:40; Act 8:1, Act 13:8; Th1 2:15, Th1 2:16; Ti2 3:8, Ti2 4:15

Matthew 23:14

mat 23:14

for ye: Josephus says that this sect pretended to a more exact knowledge of the law, on which account the women were subject to them, as pretending to be dear to God. Exo 22:22-24; Job 22:9, Job 31:16-20; Mar 12:40; Luk 20:47; Ti2 3:6; Tit 1:10,Tit 1:11; Pe2 2:14, Pe2 2:15

long: That these were long we learn from Bab. Berachoth, where we are told that the very religious prayed nine hours a day.

therefore: Mat 23:33-36, Mat 11:24; Luk 12:48; Jam 3:1; Pe2 2:3

Matthew 23:15

mat 23:15

for: Gal 4:17, Gal 6:12

proselyte: Est 8:17; Act 2:10, Act 13:43

ye make: Joh 8:44; Act 13:10, Act 14:2, Act 14:19, Act 17:5, Act 17:6, Act 17:13; Eph 2:3

Matthew 23:16

mat 23:16

ye blind: Mat 23:17, Mat 23:19, Mat 23:24, Mat 23:26, Mat 15:14; Isa 56:10,Isa 56:11; Joh 9:39-41

Whosoever shall swear by the temple: Mat 5:33, Mat 5:34; Jam 5:12

it is: Mat 15:5, Mat 15:6; Mar 7:10-13

he is: Gal 5:3

Matthew 23:17

mat 23:17

Ye fools: Psa 94:8

or: Mat 23:19; Exo 30:26-29; Num 16:38, Num 16:39

Matthew 23:18

mat 23:18

guilty: or, debtor, Mat 23:15, or bound

Matthew 23:19

mat 23:19

or: Exo 29:37, Exo 30:29

Matthew 23:21

mat 23:21

and by: Kg1 8:13, Kg1 8:27; Ch2 6:2, Ch2 7:2; Psa 26:8, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Eph 2:22; Col 2:9

Matthew 23:22

mat 23:22

by the: Mat 5:34; Psa 11:4; Isa 66:1; Act 7:49; Rev 4:2, Rev 4:3

Matthew 23:23

mat 23:23

for: Luk 11:42

anise: Gr. ανηθον [Strong's G432], dill. Dill is a species of plant of the pentandria digynia class, growing native in Spain and Portugal. The root is fusiform and long; stems, erect-groved, jointed, branched, and about two feet in height; leaves, doubly pinnated, sweet and odorous; flowers, flat, terminal umbels; corolla, five ovate, concave, yellow petals, with apexes inflected; germen, like that of fennel; seeds, scarcely the length of a carraway seed, but broader and flatter, of a brown colour, aromatic, sweetish odour, and warmish, pungent taste.

cummin: Gr. κυμινομ [Strong's G2951] Cummin is a plant of the same class as dill. it rises eight or ten inches on a slender round procumbent, branching stem; leaves, a dark green, narrow, linear, and pointed; flowers, purple, in numerous four rayed umbels; corolla, five unequal petals, inflected, and notched at the apex; seeds, oblong, striated, of a brown colour, strong, heavy odour, and warm, bitterish taste.

the weightier: Mat 9:13, Mat 12:7, Mat 22:37-40; Sa1 15:22; Pro 21:3; Jer 22:15, Jer 22:16; Hos 6:6; Mic 6:8; Gal 5:22, Gal 5:23

these: Mat 5:19, Mat 5:20

Matthew 23:24

mat 23:24

Mat 7:4, Mat 15:2-6, Mat 19:24, Mat 27:6-8; Luk 6:7-10; Joh 18:28, Joh 18:40

Matthew 23:25

mat 23:25

for: Mat 15:19, Mat 15:20; Mar 7:4-13; Luk 11:39, Luk 11:40

full: Isa 28:7, Isa 28:8

Matthew 23:26

mat 23:26

cleanse: Mat 12:33; Isa 55:7; Jer 4:14, Jer 13:27; Eze 18:31; Luk 6:45; Co2 7:1; Heb 10:22; Jam 4:8

Matthew 23:27

mat 23:27

like: Isa 58:1, Isa 58:2; Luk 11:44; Act 23:3

sepulchres: Num 19:16

Matthew 23:28

mat 23:28

ye also: Mat 23:5; Sa1 16:7; Psa 51:6; Jer 17:9, Jer 17:10; Luk 16:15; Heb 4:12, Heb 4:13

but: Mat 12:34, Mat 12:35, Mat 15:19, Mat 15:20; Mar 7:21-23

Matthew 23:29

mat 23:29

ye build: Luk 11:47, Luk 11:48; Act 2:29

Matthew 23:30

mat 23:30

the blood: Mat 23:34, Mat 23:35, Mat 21:35, Mat 21:36; Ch2 36:15; Jer 2:30

Matthew 23:31

mat 23:31

witnesses: Jos 24:22; Job 15:5, Job 15:6; Psa 64:8; Luk 19:22

that: Act 7:51, Act 7:52; Th1 2:15, Th1 2:16

Matthew 23:32

mat 23:32

the measure: Gen 15:16; Num 32:14; Zac 5:6-11

Matthew 23:33

mat 23:33

serpents: Mat 3:7, Mat 12:34, Mat 21:34, Mat 21:35; Gen 3:15; Psa 58:3-5; Isa 57:3, Isa 57:4; Luk 3:7; Joh 8:44; Co2 11:3; Rev 12:9

how: Mat 23:14; Heb 2:3, Heb 10:29, Heb 12:25

Matthew 23:34

mat 23:34

I send: Mat 10:16, Mat 28:19, Mat 28:20; Luk 11:49, Luk 24:47; Joh 20:21; Act 1:8; Co1 12:3-11; Eph 4:8-12

prophets: Act 11:27, Act 13:1, Act 15:32; Rev 11:10

and wise: Pro 11:30; Co1 2:6, Co1 3:10; Col 1:28

scribes: Mat 13:52

ye: Mat 10:16, Mat 10:17; Joh 16:2; Act 5:40, Act 7:51, Act 7:52, Act 7:58, Act 7:59, Act 9:1, Act 9:2, Act 12:2, Act 14:19; Act 22:19, Act 22:20; Co2 11:24, Co2 11:25; Th1 2:16; Heb 11:37

Matthew 23:35

mat 23:35

upon: Gen 9:5, Gen 9:6; Num 35:33; Deu 21:7, Deu 21:8; Kg2 21:16, Kg2 24:4; Isa 26:21; Jer 2:30,Jer 2:34, Jer 26:15, Jer 26:23; Lam 4:13, Lam 4:14; Rev 18:24

the blood of righteous: Gen 4:8; Heb 11:4, Heb 12:24; Jo1 3:11, Jo1 3:12

unto: Ch2 24:20-22; Zac 1:1; Luk 11:51

Matthew 23:36

mat 23:36

Mat 24:34; Eze 12:21-28; Mar 13:30,Mar 13:31; Luk 21:32, Luk 21:33

Matthew 23:37

mat 23:37

Jerusalem: Jer 4:14, Jer 6:8; Luk 13:34; Rev 11:8

thou: Mat 23:30, Mat 5:12, Mat 21:35, Mat 21:36, Mat 22:6; Ch2 24:21, Ch2 24:22; Neh 9:26; Jer 2:30, Jer 26:23; Mar 12:3-6; Luk 20:11-14; Act 7:51, Act 7:52; Th1 2:15; Rev 11:7, Rev 17:6

how: Ch2 36:15, Ch2 36:16; Psa 81:8-11; Jer 6:16, Jer 6:17, Jer 11:7, Jer 11:8, Jer 25:3-7, Jer 35:15; Jer 42:9-13, Jer 44:4; Zac 1:4

even: Deu 32:11, Deu 32:12; Rut 2:12; Psa 17:8, Psa 36:7, Psa 57:1, Psa 63:7, Psa 91:4

and ye: Mat 22:3; Pro 1:24-31; Isa 50:2; Hos 11:2, Hos 11:7; Luk 14:17-20, Luk 15:28, 19:14-44

Matthew 23:38

mat 23:38

Mat 24:2; Ch2 7:20,Ch2 7:21; Psa 69:24; Isa 64:10-12; Jer 7:9-14; Dan 9:26; Zac 11:1, Zac 11:2, Zac 11:6, Zac 14:1, Zac 14:2; Mar 13:14; Luk 13:35, Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44, Luk 21:6, Luk 21:20,Luk 21:24; Act 6:13, Act 6:14

Matthew 23:39

mat 23:39

Ye shall not: Hos 3:4; Luk 2:26-30, Luk 10:22, Luk 10:23, Luk 17:22; Joh 8:21, Joh 8:24, Joh 8:56, Joh 14:9, Joh 14:19

Blessed: Mat 21:9; Psa 118:26; Isa 40:9-11; Zac 12:10; Rom 11:25; Co2 3:14-18


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