Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.Ye build the tombs of the prophets — And that is all, for ye neither observe their sayings, nor imitate their actions. read more
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.We would not have been partakers — So ye make fair professions, as did your fathers. 31.Wherefore ye testify against yourselves — By your smooth words as well as devilish actions: that ye are the genuine sons of them who killed the prophets of their own times, while they professed the utmost veneration for those of past ages. From the3d to the30th verse Matthew 23:3-30 is... read more
Wherefore ye testify against yourselves - By your smooth words as well as devilish actions: that ye are the genuine sons of them who killed the prophets of their own times, while they professed the utmost veneration for those of past ages. From Mat. 23:3-30 is exposed every thing that commonly passes in the world for religion, whereby the pretenders to it keep both themselves and others from entering into the kingdom of God; from attaining, or even seeking after those tempers, in which alone... read more
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.Fill ye up — A word of permission, not of command: as if he had said, I contend with you no longer: I leave you to yourselves: you have conquered: now ye may follow the devices of your own hearts.The measure of your fathers — Wickedness: ye may now be as wicked as they. read more
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?Ye serpents — Our Lord having now lost all hope of reclaiming these, speaks so as to affright others from the like sins. read more
14. Devour widows’ houses This was done sometimes by plotting with the children to deprive their widowed mother of her estate, and sometimes by inducing the widow to give up her estate to themselves for superstitious purposes. For this he pronounces the SECOND WOE. Long prayer It is not the length of the prayer which is their crime, but the fact that it is a mere pretence. It is used as a cloak to cover their rapacity. A very religious rabbi would pray nine hours a day. Greater... read more
15. Proselyte The THIRD WOE is pronounced upon their efforts to extend their unhallowed dominion. The Jews were very zealous to make proselytes, and in our Saviour’s day were not a little successful. Twofold more the child of hell They did not sanctify the proselyte from his old heathen vices, and they imparted to him new Jewish wickedness. A proselyte was a convert from heathenism to Judaism. Proselytes have usually been divided into proselytes of righteousness, which included all who... read more
16. Blind guides, which say The next, or FOURTH WOE, is pronounced upon their false dogmas in regard to oaths. See on Matthew 5:34-35. Swear by the gold of the temple The gold here mentioned is not the gilding of the edifice, but the offerings of gold in its treasury. read more
17. Temple that sanctifieth the gold That renders the gold deposit sacred. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 23:25
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.Full of rapine and intemperance — The censure is double (taking intemperance in the vulgar sense.) These miserable men procured unjustly what they used intemperately. No wonder tables so furnished prove a snare, as many find by sad experience. Thus luxury punishes fraud while it feeds disease with the fruits of injustice. But... read more