CONTENTS. The _Pharisees assemble to contend with_ CHRIST. JESUS _reproves them. He heals a poor child, and cures one that was deaf and dumb._ THEN came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. (2) And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with... [ Continue Reading ]
(14) And when he had called all the people _unto him,_ he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one _of_ you, and understand: (15) There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. (16) If any man have... [ Continue Reading ]
(24) And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know _it:_ but he could not be hid. (25) For a _certain_ woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: (26) The woman was a G... [ Continue Reading ]
(31) And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. (32) And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. (33) And he took him aside f... [ Continue Reading ]
_ REFLECTIONS._ READER! let us pause over the awful view of the deceitfulness of the human heart, as read to us in those Scribes and Pharisees! While full of uncleanness, and all manner of hypocrisy, see how they prided themselves on outside appearances! But while such striking facts may serve to t... [ Continue Reading ]