Luke 6:20-49

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:32-34

“And if you love those who love you, what grace is there to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what grace (charis) is there to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those of whom you hope to receive, what grace is there to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.” ‘Charis’ (grace, approbation) can be used of the gracious approbation of a superior, thus here ‘why should you expect thanks from God’.... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:35

“But love your enemies, And do them good, And lend, never despairing, And your reward shall be great, And you shall be sons of the Most High, For he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.” So in view of what He has just said about loving the undeserving, let them do it. Let them love their enemies, and do them good, and lend to them when they are in need, never despairing, because it will mean being like God Himself. It will mean revealing themselves as sons of the Most High, Who is kind... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:36-37

“Be you merciful, even as your Father is merciful. And judge not, and you shall not be judged, And condemn not, and you shall not be condemned, Release, and you shall be released.” Having described acts of mercy Jesus now applies the idea generally. The first command here is ‘be you merciful’, and it relates back to ‘lending never despairing’. To make unrequited loans is a big thing to ask, but it should be possible for one who has received mercy and therefore loves God enough (compare Luke... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:38

“Give, and it shall be given to you, Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure you mete, It shall be measured to you again.” So those who are His are now called on to give freely and abundantly. The idea here, as earlier, is that as we give God, will give to us. Indeed we are promised that He will not only give in accordance with how we give, but even much more munificently. As we reveal ourselves to be His children by our... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:38-40

The Generosity That Should Result From This Kind of Love And The Assurance of God’s Reciprocal Generosity (6:38-40). q Give, and it shall be given to you (Luke 6:38 a), r Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom (Luke 6:38 b). r For with what measure you mete (Luke 6:38 c), q It shall be measured to you again (38d). read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:39

‘And he spoke also a proverb (or ‘a parable’ - that is, ‘parabolically’) to them,’ From this point on Jesus introduces His ideas in parabolic language. The Importance Of Finding The Right Teacher And Responding To Him (Luke 6:39-40). Jesus now stresses that in order to walk aright we need to ensure that we have the right teacher so that we will gradually be led on towards perfection. Anyone who teaches anything other than Jesus has said is a blind leader of the blind. They must not ‘get above’... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:39-40

“Can the blind guide the blind? Shall they not both fall into a pit? The disciple is not above his teacher, But every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.” The first need is to ensure that we do not follow a spiritually blind teacher, for if we are led by someone spiritually blind, we too will be spiritually blind, (we will be what they are), and both will therefore fall into a ditch. There was a warning here against the Jewish leadership and the belligerent Rabbis and Pharisees... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:39-49

Distinguishing The Genuine From The Fake (6:39-49). read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:41-42

“And why do you behold the splinter that is in your brother’s eye, But do not consider the beam that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me cast out the splinter that is in your eye, When you yourself do not behold the beam which is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, And then you will see clearly to cast out the splinter that is in your brother’s eye.” The ‘splinter’ and the ‘beam’ in this illustration both connect with... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:43-44

For there is no good tree which brings forth bad fruit, Nor again a corrupt tree that brings forth good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, Nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Jesus now emphasises that the test of what we are is the fruit that we bear. This applies to all who read these words. This is what salvation is all about. It is in order to produce fruit-bearing trees. Jesus is saying that a man will be revealed as what he is by... read more

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