...best to understand them, when they had the most need of the lesson they contained. Matthew, xv, 5. ' Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It...gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, &c.' — I believe it would be well here to put in Italics after ' gift,' to the temple, or, to the...

...instance of this false zeal is furnished by the conduct of the Pharisees, in the days of our Lord. " Ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother,...honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free." These men were very zealous in making vows as to the temple of God, and in devoting property to that...

...tradition ? For God commanded, saying ; ' Honor thy father and mother ;' and ; ' He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.' But ye say ; '...whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ;' and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free.' Thus have ye made the commandment of God of...

...these your vain and ill grounded traditions. XV. 5, 6. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to \\isfather or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest...honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, Content yourselves, my parents: I have vowed...

...your vain and ill grounded traditions. XV. 5, 6. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or iis mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest...honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, Content yourselves, my parents : I have vowed...

...commandment? No; it was exactly contrary to it. How did our Lord point out the contrariety between them? "But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or...gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me.'' What is the meaning of " whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me" ? Whatever sum of money might...

...judgment of God, those who do not support them in their distress, deserve death as much as a murderer. 5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his...mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest he profited by me ; God rejects with scorn whatever we give to another's wrong. 6. And honour not his...

...judgment of God, those who do not support them in their distress, deserve death as much as a murderer. 5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou inightest be profited by ine ; God rejects with scorn whatever we give to another's wrong. 6. And honour...

...saying, Honour thy father aud mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thott mightest be profited by me ; 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus...

...them. " For (says he) God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother : and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever...his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by youi tradition." (Mat. xv. 4—6.) So, 6. It is not unusual in...