Who were lovers of money (φιλαργυρο υπαρχοντες). Literally, being lovers of money. Φιλαργυρο is an old word, but in the N.T. only …

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 turn…

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous.—The words are important as showing that they had been listening during the previous parable, an…

The Venerable Bede: Christ had told the Pharisees not to boast of their own righteousness but to receive repentant sinners and …

Money links the next verses with the preceding. The charge that the Pharisees do not have a proper sense of values leads to the saying about the va…

And the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things. Those who imagine that Christ was ridiculed by the Pharisees becaus…

And the Pharisees also who were covetous
Or lovers of money, the love of which is the root of all evil; and that the…

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 said t…