Mark 12:1-34

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:34

Mark 12:34 Nearness to the Kingdom of God. Consider: I. In what this nearness consists. The current idea is that we are not far from the kingdom of God if we stand in any kind of touch or connection with it. But nearness to the kingdom of God implies more than this; it implies an inward connection, a motion of the heart, a drawing of the soul towards it. When indifference to Christ, the Sovereign of this kingdom, or to God Himself, still rules in any human heart, it were indeed unfitting to... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:6

DISCOURSE: 1446THE REGARD DUE TO CHRISTMark 12:6. They will reverence my son.THERE are many passages of Scripture, wherein God speaks of himself as frustrated and disappointed by the conduct of his creatures. We are not however to suppose that events happened really contrary to the purposes he had fixed or the expectations he had formed: for it is certain that “he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth;” and that “known unto him are all his... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:17

DISCOURSE: 1447DUTIES TO OUR EARTHLY AND OUR HEAVENLY KINGMark 12:17. And Jesus answering, said unto them, Render to Cζsar the things that are Cζsar’s and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.IT is said of Jesus, that “he spake as never man spake.” This was true, as to his general instructions: but it was more especially manifest, when, by the malice of his enemies, he was brought into circumstances wherein a merely finite wisdom would have been insufficient for his... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:26-27

DISCOURSE: 1448THE RESURRECTION PROVED FROM THE PENTATEUCHMark 12:26-27. As touching the dead, that they rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.IT is no uncommon thing for persons to conclude a doctrine to be false, because it may be attended with difficulties which they are not able to solve.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:28-30

DISCOURSE: 1449LOVE TO GOD, THE GREAT COMMANDMENTMark 12:28-30. And one of the Scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength; this is the first... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:31

DISCOURSE: 1450LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBOURMark 12:31. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.A QUESTION had been put to our Lord, What was the first and great commandment? To this he had answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.” But, lest the Scribe should overlook his duties towards his neighbour, and plead perhaps the answer of Jesus as sanctioning such conduct, our Lord reminded him that there was... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:32-34

DISCOURSE: 1451EXCELLENCE OF THE MORAL LAWMark 12:32-34. And the Scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but he: and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:34

DISCOURSE: 1452NOT FAR FROM THE KINGDOM OF GODMark 12:34. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.OUR blessed Lord has given us this caution: “Give not that which is holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine [Note: Matthew 7:6.].” But, in following this suggestion, we must be careful not to judge precipitately, but to give to every one an opportunity, at least, to manifest the real dispositions of his mind. Such... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Mark 12:1

vineyard Israel. Isaiah 5:1-7. Israel was not fruitless, but brought forth only wild grapes. Cf. ; John 3:6; Hosea 10:1 contra, Hosea 14:8. read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Mark 12:2

sent to Mark 12:2-5. the prophets and John the Baptist. read more

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