1 The Pharisees deemed alms-giving, prayer and fasting the three most
eminent exhibitions of piety, for alms was the ideal expression of
their relation to their neighbor, prayer of their intercourse with
God, and fasting of self-discipline. Hence the Lord takes up these
three and exposes the hypocri... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Their forgiveness was withdrawn because they
refused the same mercy to the other nations. But the believers of... [ Continue Reading ]