Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. AND THE PHARISEES ALSO, WHO WERE COVETOUS, HEARD ALL THESE THINGS: AND THEY DERIDED HIM. [ exeemukteerizon (G1592)] - sneered at Him; their master, sin, being too plainly struck at. But it was easier to ridicule than to refute such teaching....

14._And the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things. They _who imagine that Christ was _ridiculed by the Pharisees, _because he chose to employ a plain and familiar style, and made no use of swelling words, (302) do not sufficiently comprehend what Luke means. Haughty and disdainful men, I do acknowledge, view the doctrine of the Gospel with contempt; but Luke expressly declares the reason why Christ was the object of their derision to have been, that they _were covetous _Entertaining a firm and deep-seated conviction that the rich are happy, and that there is nothing better for men than to increase their wealth by every possible method, and earnestly to guard whatever they have acquired, they reject as foolish paradoxes (303) all the sayings of Christ which had a contrary tendency. And, certainly, any one that speaks of despising riches, or bestowing

13-18 To this parable our Lord added a solemn warning. Ye cannot serve God and the world, so divided are the two interests. When our Lord spoke thus, the covetous Pharisees treated his instructions with contempt. But he warned them, that what they contended for as the law, was a wresting of its meaning: this our Lord showed in a case respecting divorce. There are many covetous sticklers for the forms of godliness, who are the bitterest enemies to its power, and try to set others against the truth....

Verse Luke 16:14. _THEY DERIDED HIM_] Or rather, _They treated him with the_ _utmost contempt_. So we may translate the original words εξεμυκτηριζον αυτον, which literally signifies, _in illum_ _emunxerunt_-but must not be translated into English, unless, to come a little near it, we say, _they turned up their noses at him_; and why! Because _they_ were _lovers of money_, and he showed them that all such were in danger of perdition. As they were wedded to _this_ life, and not concerned for the _other_, they considered him one of the most absurd and foolish of men, and worthy only of the most sovereign contempt, because he taught that _spiritual_ and _eternal_ things should be _preferred_ before the riches of the universe. And how many thousands are there of the very same sentiment to the present day!...

THEY DERIDED HIM - The fact that they were “covetous” is here stated as the reason why they derided him, or, as it is literally, “they turned up the nose at him.” They contemned or despised the doctrine which he had laid down, probably because it showed them that with their love of money they could not be the true friends of God, or that their profession of religion was really false and hollow. They were “attempting” to serve God and mammon, and they, therefore, looked upon his doctrine with contempt and scorn. JUSTIFY YOURSELVES - “Attempt” to appear just; or; you aim to appear righteous in the sight of people, and do not regard the heart. THAT WHICH IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED - That is, mere external works, or actions performed merely to “appear” to be righteous. IS ABOMINATION - Is abominable, or hateful. The word used he

EXPOSITION LUKE 16:1 The _Lord_'_s teaching on the right use of earthly possessions with regard to the prospect of another world, in the form of the two parables of the unjust steward, and Dives and Lazarus._ LUKE 16:1, LUKE 16:2 AND HE SAID ALSO UNTO HIS DISCIPLES. There is no doubt that this important teaching belongs to the last portion of our Lord's life, and it is probable that it is closely connected with the parable of the prodigal son just related. It is not likely that two such weighty sermons had been preached at the same time, but in the evening, or on the following day, or at leas

AND THE PHARISEES ALSO WHO WERE COVETOUS,.... Or lovers of money, the love of which is the root of all evil; and that they were, is evident from their devouring widows' houses, under a pretence of making long prayers for them, Matthew 23:14 HEARD ALL THESE THINGS; as well as the disciples, being in company with them, Luke 15:2 even the parable concerning the unjust steward, and the application of it; and the directions given about using the things of this world, and the distributing of them to the poor, and showing a greater concern for riches of an higher nature: AND THEY DERIDED HIM: lift up their nose, or drew it out to him, as the word signifies, in a sneering way; they rejected and despised what he said about their injustice, in their stewardship; the calling of them

CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The Unjust Steward. (Luke 16:1)_ 2. The Impossible Service. (Luke 16:13) 3. The Deriding Pharisees Answered. (Luke 16:14) 4. Concerning Divorce. (Luke 16:18) 5. The Rich Man and Lazarus. (Luke 16:19 .) Luke 16:1 Let us notice that this story was spoken to the disciples. It contains a number of difficulties. It has well been said “there are knots in it which perhaps will never be untied, until the Lord comes again. We might re

WORDS TO PHARISEES. Luke 16:14 f. Lk. only. The verses seem introduced by Lk. to indicate that the preceding and succeeding parables were directed against Pharisees. They also illustrate his antipathy to the rich. Poverty and righteousness are identified, as in many of the Psalms. In Lk.'s source the parable of Luke 16:19 may have illustratively followed Luke 16:15. LUKE 16:16. _Cf._ Matthew 11:12 f.* The coming of John marks a crisis in the religious history of the world; he separates the Law from the Kingdom. And yet the Law has not been

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