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That justify yourselves (ο δικαιουντες εαυτους). They were past-masters at that and were doing it now by upturned noses.
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
You are they who justify yourselves before men.—The character described is portrayed afterward more fully in the parable …
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
The Venerable Bede: Christ had told the Pharisees not to boast of their own righteousness but to receive repentant sinners and …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
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…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
It is you who justify yourselves before men. We see that Christ does not give way to their disdainful conduct, but constantly maintains th…
John Gill
JohnGill
And he said to them
That is, Jesus said to them, as the Syriac and Persic versions express it: "you are those who ju…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson