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Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
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A Message for Everyone
Commentators note that Jesus intentionally addressed both the large crowds and His dedicated disciples. This wasn't a private rebuke but a public declaration. The warning against hypocrisy and the call to choose between His authority and that of the religious leaders was a crucial message for all who could hear.
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Matthew
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19th Century
Anglican
To the multitude—Now, as in Matthew 15:10, but here more fully and emphatically, our Lord not only reproves the hypocrisy of the P…
Baptist
Then Jesus spoke to the multitude. The King began His final address to the people. He was soon to withdraw Himself from them, but first He would pu…
Perhaps a year earlier Jesus had begun to denounce the Pharisees (15:7). Subsequently he warned his disciples of the teaching of the Pharisees and …
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16th Century
Protestant
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes. This warning was highly useful, so that amid contentions and the noise of conflicts, amid the trouble …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then spoke Jesus to the multitude To the common people that were about him in the temple; the high priests and elder…
Presbyterian
The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge …
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, it was shown how the Pharisees and the Scribes were provoked by Christ’s glory, and also by His wisdom, by which He had crushed them; now, ho…
