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Give to everyone who asks you, and don`t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
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An Expression of God's Mercy
Commentators emphasize that this difficult command is not a mere legalistic rule but an expression of a heart changed by God's love. Matthew Henry notes that understanding the greatness of God's mercy to us in Christ makes these commands easier. The goal is to be merciful, reflecting the character of our heavenly Father.
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Ask them not again (μη απαιτε). Here the present active imperative in a prohibition, do not have the habit of asking back. This co…
19th Century
Anglican
Give to every man that asketh of thee.—See Note on Matthew 5:42.
“You who hear me” means those who are taking in what Jesus is saying. The word “love” must be understood in its classic Christian sense of agape (G…
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16th Century
Protestant
To everyone that asks of you. The same words, as we will soon see, are found in Matthew: for it may readily be inferred from the context t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And give to every man that asketh (See Gill on Matthew 5:42)
And of him that taketh away…
Presbyterian
These are hard lessons for flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy for u…
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