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Verse Matthew 5:20. _EXCEPT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL EXCEED_]
περισσευση, _Unless your righteousness abound more _- unless
it take in, not only the _letter_, but the _spirit_ and _design_ of
the _mor...
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YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS - Your holiness; your views of the nature of
righteousness, and your conduct and lives. Unless you are more holy
than they are, you cannot be saved.
SHALL EXCEED - Shall excel, or a...
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5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7
_ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .)
2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
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MATTHEW 5:17 TO MATTHEW 6:18. RIGHTEOUSNESS, LEGAL AND REAL. After
laying down the principle that the Law is not destroyed or annulled,
but developed and transcended (Matthew 5:17), Jesus applies it t...
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FOR. SAY UNTO YOU.
The "for" shows that this verse connects itself closely with the
preceding, and that the Lord was alluding to the scribes and
Pharisees.
SHALL EXCEED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SCRI...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48)
As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel.
In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that
the hour has struc...
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Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I
have not come to destroy them but to fulfil them. This is the truth I
tell you--until the heaven and the earth shall pass away, the...
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THE RIGHTEOUSNESS. Supply "[that]".
PHARISEES. See App-120.
IN NO CASE. See App-105....
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_scribes_ See note, ch. Matthew 7:29....
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ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗ, ‘observance of the law.’ Unless ye observe
the law with greater exactness than the Pharisees, ye shall not enter
the kingdom of heaven. The Pharisaic δικαιοσύνη consisted in
extended and m...
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The poetical form traceable throughout the Sermon on the Mount is
especially observable here. οὐ καταλῦσαι and
πληρῶσαι are the key-words. The γὰρ in _v._18 (ἀμὴν
γάρ) introduces an explanation of οὐ...
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Ver 20. "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall
exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 21. Ye have heard that it...
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_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT INFLUENCE AND LAW MATTHEW 5:13-20:_ Those that
exhibit the characteristics of the beatitudes become the salt of the
earth and the light of the world. Those with humble and pure...
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DISCOURSE: 1299
EVANGELIC AND PHARISAIC RIGHTEOUSNESS COMPARED
Matthew 5:20. _For I say unto you, that except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall...
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THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY, &C.— Because the doctrine of
the Lord Jesus Christ concerning happiness was contrary to that which
the Jews were accustomed to hear, and which their preachers pret...
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C. THE RELATION OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN TO THE LAW (Matthew 5:17-48)
1. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD THE STANDARD,
TEXT: 5:17-20
17. Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came
not to d...
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For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EXCEPT...
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18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42.
21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11.
23 See Mar_1:21-39.
25 Compare Mar_3:7-8.
1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23.
1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
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5:20 surpass (e-10) Or 'excel.' It includes the idea of being a better
righteousness. see ver. 47....
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This
sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20),
that it is
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CHRISTIANITY AS THE FULFILMENT OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. This
section is especially appropriate in St. Matthew's Jewish Gospel. St.
Luke's sermon, being for Gentile readers, has nothing similar, an...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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SHALL EXCEED. — Better, _Shall abound more than._
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. — Here, for the first time, the scribes are
mentioned in our Lord’s teaching. The frequent combination of the
two words (thirte...
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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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_Jesus defines His position_. At the period of the Teaching on the
Hill Jesus felt constrained to define His ethical and religious
position all round, with reference to the O. T. as the recognised
aut...
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Here is another type still, that of the scribes and Pharisees. We have
had two degrees of worth, the little and the great. This new type
gives us the moral zero. λέγω γὰρ. The γὰρ is somewhat
puzzling...
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NEW HEART RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matthew 5:17-26
Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon
fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the
perfect picture, the ru...
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In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the
Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme
condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
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Of the Scribes and of the Pharisees. The Scribes were the doctors of
the law of Moses; the Pharisees were a precise set of men, making
profession of a more exact observance of the law: and upon that
a...
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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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No doubt the Reader would wish to have a clear apprehension of the
words Raca and Fool. The most acceptable service on these verses I can
offer, will be to explain them. Raca, was a word used by the J...
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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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_THE FAILURE OF THE PHARISEES_
‘For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven.’...
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Matthew 5:20._Unless your righteousness shall be more abundant. He
_takes a passing notice of _the Scribes, _who were laboring to throw a
stain on the doctrine of the Gospel, as if it were the ruin of...
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He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him
in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their
portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside.
The str...
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FOR I SAY UNTO YOU,.... These words are directed, not to the true
disciples of Christ in general, or to his apostles in particular, but
to the whole multitude of the people; who had in great esteem an...
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For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed _the
righteousness_ of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
Ver. 20. _Except your righteous...
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_For, except your righteousness shall exceed_ Gr.
περισσευση, _shall abound more_ than _the righteousness of
the scribes and Pharisees_ Than that which is apparent in their lives,
or even required in...
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EXCEPT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL EXCEED-SCRIBES AND PHARISEES; their
righteousness was selfish, and consisted in externals; while the
righteousness which God required is internal as well as external, a...
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How strongly this feature is brought out by the contrast: FOR I SAY
UNTO YOU, THAT EXCEPT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL EXCEED THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, YE SHALL IN NO CASE ENTER
INTO...
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From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first,
but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and
east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
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17-20 Let none suppose that Christ allows his people to trifle with
any commands of God's holy law. No sinner partakes of Christ's
justifying righteousness, till he repents of his evil deeds. The mer...
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I am so far from giving a liberty to the violation of my Father's law,
(as the scribes and Pharisees may possibly suggest), that I assure you
that unless your obedience to it exceed that obedience whi...
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Dialogue of Justin
For He exhorted His disciples to surpass the pharisaic way of living,
with the warning, that if they did not, they might be sure they could
not be saved; and these words are record...
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Matthew 5:20 For G1063 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 that G3754 unless
G3362 your G5216 righteousness G1343 exceeds...
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THE PERMANENCE OF THE LAW AND THE WARNING TO OBSERVE IT TRULY SO AS TO
EXPERIENCE A FULLER RIGHTEOUSNESS (5:17-20).
Having spoken to His disciples of a life which acts as a preservative
in the world,...
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A “Whoever therefore shall loose (relax, treat lightly, render
ineffective) one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so,
b Will be called least in the Kingly Rule of Heaven,
a But whoeve...
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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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Our Lord defines His relation to the old dispensation (Matthew
5:17-19), thus introducing the negative leading thought, viz., the
utter failure of the Pharisees to attain true righteousness, according...
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Matthew 5:20. The scribes and Pharisees, by minute explanations of the
law, had made it very burdensome. The people, oppressed by this,
longed for deliverance. Some hoped for it through an abolition o...
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SHALL EXCEED
(περισσευση πλειον). Overflow like a river out of its
banks and then Jesus adds "more" followed by an unexpressed ablative
(της δικαιοσυνης), brachylogy. A daring statement on
Christ's...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
(Matthew 5:6); (Matthew 5:10); (Matthew 5:20).
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:10). _...
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Matthew 5:20
It is of the greatest possible importance that we understand, as
accurately as we can, what is the nature of that righteousness which
God accepts from us. For heaven is only for the right...
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Matthew 5:17. _Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill._
The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old
Testament,...
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Matthew 5:13. _Ye are the salt of the earth:_
The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve
it. So, dear friends, if God's grace is in you, there is a pungent
savor about you w...
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Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his
mouth, and taught them, saying,-_
Our Saviour soon gathered a...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light.
Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
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Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to
see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his
ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
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ONLY IF YOU ARE MORE FAITHFUL. The teachers of the Law and the
Pharisees claimed to do what God requires, but they were not faithful.
_See_ Matthew 3:7-12....
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_Your righteousness shall exceed._
AN EXCEEDING RIGHTEOUSNESS
I. What is the nature of the righteousness God accepts from us? It is
a righteousness in excess of the most scrupulous moralist.
1. A C...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the
Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five
major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:17 These verses explain how Jesus and the
kingdom fulfill the Law of Moses. This is the key to interpreting the
Sermon on the Mount and indeed the whole of Jesus’ ministry....
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:20 The SCRIBES AND PHARISEES took pride in
their outward obedience to extrabiblical regulations. But they still
had impure hearts (see Matthew 23:5,
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CHAPTER 5
_Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was?
"Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the
Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
_The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is
this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and
sweep and po...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 5:1
AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew
4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE
WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
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Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of
scripture. Matthew five,
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has
sat down, his disciples came unto...
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2 Corinthians 5:17; Hebrews 12:14; John 3:3; Luke 11:39; Luke 11:40;...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 :
"preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom."
Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
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The righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees — Described in the
sequel of this discourse....
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Observe here, 1. glorious prize or reward set before the Christian as
attainable, namely, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
Observe, 2. The means required in order to our obtaining of this
prize, and laying hol...