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Verse Matthew 6:27. _WHICH OF YOU BY TAKING THOUGHT CAN ADD ONE CUBIT
UNTO_ _HIS STATURE?_] The _third_ reason against these carking cares
is the unprofitableness of human solicitude, unless God vouc...
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WHICH OF YOU, BY TAKING THOUGHT - The third argument is taken from
their extreme weakness and helplessness. With all your care you cannot
increase your stature a single cubit. God has ordered your hei...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World;
Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_
Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness
surpass th...
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TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN RELATION TO WEALTH. The Sermon here passes from
the shortcomings of the Scribes and Pharisees. There are scattered
parallels to this section in Lk.
MATTHEW 6:19. TREASURE (Luke...
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WHICH OF YOU CAN ADD ONE CUBIT, &C.
There can hardly be. doubt that this ought to be rendered, "add one
cubit to his age," or period of life. We speak of life being. span,
which is also. measure of le...
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THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18)
When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are
immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the
place of the...
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I tell you, therefore, do not worry about your life, about what you
are to eat, or what you are to drink; and do not worry about your
body, about what you are to wear. Is not your life more than food,...
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OF. from among. Greek. _ek._
ADD. prolong.
CUBIT. span. Compare Luke 12:26. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_
(of Subject), App-6, for. very small thing, as in Psalms 39:5, where
the Greek _pechus_...
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The parallel passage (Luke 12:22-31) follows immediately the parable
of the "Rich Fool....
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_can add one cubit unto his stature_ As the word translated "stature"
also=duration of life, the meaning may be "add a cubit to his life."
Comp. Psalms 39:6 (P. B.), "Thou hast made my days as it were...
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ΠΡΟΣΘΕΙ͂ΝΑΙ ἘΠῚ ΤῊΝ ἩΛΙΚΊΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂
ΠΗ͂ΧΥΝ ἝΝΑ. ἡλικία, either ‘stature’ or
‘duration of life,’ so that the meaning may be ‘add a cubit to
his life.’ Comp. Psalms 39:5, ‘Thou hast made my days as an
h...
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The parallel passage (Luke 12:22-31) follows immediately the parable
of the Rich Fool....
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VER 26. "BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR: FOR THEY SOW NOT, NEITHER DO
THEY REAP, NOR GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDETH
THEM. ARE YE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THEY? 27. WHICH OF YOU BY TAKING...
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_THE ACTIONS OF SHINNING, SERVING AND LIVING MATTHEW 6:22-34:_ God's
desire is for our "whole body to be full of light." A good eye leads
to a shinning life. A bad eye will lead to a life of darkness....
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ΜΕΡΙΜΝΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΜΕΡΙΜΝΆΩ (G3121),
_см._ Matthew 6:25, выражает способ,
ΠΡΟΣΘΕΊΝΑΙ _aor. inf. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΤΊΘΗΜΙ
(G4369) прибавлять, добавлять,
ΗΛΙΚΊΑ (G2244) размер, возраст. Речь з...
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DISCOURSE: 1324
AGAINST CAREFULNESS
Matthew 6:25. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what
ye shall put on. Is no...
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WHICH OF YOU, BY TAKING THOUGHT, &C.— _Who of you, by his
solicitude, can prolong his life one hour?_ A version strictly literal
would be, _can add any length to his age;_ for the Greek word
ηλικια si...
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E. THE WEALTH AND WORRIES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN
(Matthew 6:19-34)
TEXT 6:19-34
1. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD EARTHLY TREASURES. (6:19-21)
19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth. where m...
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Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
WHICH OF YOU, BY TAKING THOUGHT ('ANXIOUS SOLICITUDE') CAN ADD ONE
CUBIT UNTO HIS STATURE, [ heelikian (G2244)]? "Stature" can har...
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14-15 Compare Mar_11:25-26.
14 Forgiveness now is according to the riches of His grace (Eph_1:7),
not according to our forgiveness of others. The believers in Israel
failed at this point. Their forgi...
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6:27 growth (a-11) The proper sense is 'age.' It refers to relative
age in man, and hence is used for 'growth,' or 'stature,' as Luke 19:3
....
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BY TAKING THOUGHT] RV 'by being anxious.' ONE CUBIT UNTO HIS STATURE]
Since no one would literally desire to have a cubit (a foot and a
half) added to his stature, and the word translated 'stature'
ge...
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THE CHRISTIAN'S FREEDOM FROM CARE AND ANXIETY (Luke 12:22). The
worldly man is oppressed with care. He is always in fear that his
deep-laid plans for the future will miscarry, that some object that he...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED)
1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus
does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind,
but that we are to look fo...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 6
THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4
V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other
people. Do not do your good works...
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ONE CUBIT UNTO HIS STATURE. — The Greek for the last word admits
either this meaning (as in Luke 19:3, and perhaps Luke 2:52) or that
of age (as in John 9:21; John 9:23, and
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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_Counsels against covetousness and care_ (reproduced in Luke 12:22-34,
with exception of Matthew 6:22-23, which reappear in Luke 11:34-36).
An interpolation, according to Weiss. Doubtless, if the Serm...
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τίς δὲ, etc. The question means: care is as bootless as it is
needless. But there is much difference of opinion as to the precise
point of the question. Does it mean, who by care can add a cubit to
hi...
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_Counsels against care_. More suitable to the circumstances of the
disciples than those against amassing treasures. “Why speak of
treasures to us who are not even sure of the necessaries of life? It
i...
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THE CURE FOR ANXIOUS CARE
Matthew 6:27-34
The Lord's tone is gentle and tender when He turns to address the
poor. He says three times over, “Don't be anxious.” He never
forgot that He sprang, accordi...
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In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word
"righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost
unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a
statemen...
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Which of you by (l) taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
(l) He speaks of care which is joined with thought of mind, and has
for the most part distrust yoked with it....
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Why should the children of God fear want, when we behold the very
birds of the air do not go unprovided? Moreover, what possible good
can this anxiety, this diffidence procure them? Almighty God gives...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.
Who can add to the beauties, as well as doctrines of...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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27._Which of you by anxious care, etc ? _Here our Lord condemns
another fault, which is almost always connected with immoderate
anxiety about food: and that is, when a mortal man, claiming more than
h...
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This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the
rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring
those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
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WHICH OF YOU BY TAKING THOUGHT,.... As Christ argued before, from the
unnecessariness of anxious thoughts and cares, about the provisions of
life; so here, from the unprofitableness of them; it being...
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Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Ver. 27. _Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
stature?_] And as little able are we (though we take never so mu...
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_Therefore I say, Take no thought_, &c. Our Lord here proceeds to
caution his disciples against worldly _cares_, these being as
inconsistent with the true service of God as worldly _desires._ But
the...
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UNTO HIS STATURE; better, to his age; that is, by all his anxiety
prolong his life a moment beyond his appointed time. For measure, as
applied to time, compare Psalms 39:4....
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How unprofitable is worry:...
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WHICH OF YOU BY TAKING THOUGHT CAN ADD ONE CUBIT UNTO HIS STATURE?
In whose case will the fact that he worries about the question
continually be of any aid in increasing his height, or rather, in
leng...
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Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to
attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How
can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
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25-34 There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Jesus more
warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares
about the things of this life. This often insnares the poor as...
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Tertullian De Spectaculis
In the same way, with their high shoes, he has made the tragic actors
taller, because "none can add a cubit to his stature."[20]
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II...
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Matthew 6:27 G1161 Which G1537 G5101 you G5216 worrying G3309 (G5723)
can G1410 (G5736) add...
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a “Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life,
b What you shall eat, or what you shall drink,
b Nor yet for your body, what you shall put on.
b Is not the life more than the food, and...
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Matthew 6:27. ADD ONE CUBIT UNTO HIS AGE, prolong his life in the
least ‘Age' is preferable to ‘stature' (the word has both
meanings); the reference is not to the body but to the life; further,
to add...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The _external connection_ seems to be between
‘they have received their reward,' which closes each of the
foregoing examples of false piety, and ‘lay not up for yourselves
tre...
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UNTO HIS STATURE
(επ την ηλικιαν αυτου). The word ηλικιαν is
used either of height (stature) or length of life (age). Either makes
good sense here, though probably "stature" suits the context best....
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Matthew 6:27
It is well for men to think that there are some things which, with all
their power, they cannot do. The inquiry of the text serves to rebuke
our anxiety and humble our impious ambition,...
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Matthew 6:25
In Matthew 6:25 we have an argument against giving place to the cares
of this world, on the ground that they are unworthy of an immortal
being like man; and also an illustration pointedl...
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Matthew 6:5. _And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and
in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men._
We oug...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new
revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of
anxiety.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
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Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a
dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old
copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
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WHICH ONE OF YOU. No one can prolong his life by worrying about it.
Anxiety is no help at all!...
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CHAPTER 6
_Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read
_δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the
reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal,
and...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 6:25. THEREFORE.—Denoting a connection between the service
of mammon and “taking thought.” TAKE NO THOUGHT.—_Be not
anxious_ (R.V.). Life.—The Greek word is the same as that...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 6:1
_The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the
day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns
from cases which could be directly dedu...
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Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the
section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on
the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
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1 Corinthians 12:18; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Luke 12:25; Luke 12:26;...
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And which of you — If you are ever so careful, can even add a moment
to your own life thereby? This seems to be far the most easy and
natural sense of the words....
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Four arguments are here used by our Saviour to dissuade us from the
sin of anxious care; it is needless, it is fruitless, it is
heathenish, it is brutish.
1. It is needless; YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOW...