The will of your Father (θελημα εμπροσθεν). Observe that Westcott and Hort read μου here rather than υμων after B Sahidic Coptic. …

To show even further the reason why we should not despise them, he introduced a parable showing the joy felt when a lost thing is found. A man rejo…

Even so it is not the will... —The form of this proposition has all the force that belongs to the rhetorical use of a negative. Th…

Nor shall they. Christ has come so that He may send them out, and find them out He will; and having a hundred, whom His Father gave Him, He will no…

St. Jerome: The Lord had said, using the examples of a hand, foot, and eye, that all family and relationships that could be a…

Jesus drives the lesson home: the heavenly Father is unwilling for any of “these little ones” (see comment on vv.3–6) to be lost. If that is his wi…

Even so it is not the will of your father which is in
heaven
This is the accommodation, or application of…

Considering the cunning and malice of Satan, and the weakness and depravity of human hearts, it is inevitable that offences will occur. God permits…

Here a parable is presented. Firstly, the careful search is described; and secondly, the joy of having found the sheep is described. Therefore, He …