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Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Commentators explain that Jesus is directly challenging the tendency to divide God's laws into "major" and "minor" categories. In God's kingdom, there are no insignificant commands. True greatness is found not in picking and choosing which rules to follow, but in humbly and faithfully obeying all of God's revealed will, as it is fulfilled in Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shall break. To violate or disobey.
These least commandments. The Pharisees, it is probable, divided the precepts of the l…
Shall do and teach (ποιηση κα διδαξη). Jesus puts practice before preaching. The teacher must apply the doctrine to himself before…
19th Century
Anglican
Shall break one of these least commandments — At first, these words seem to imply that the ceremonial law was to be binding in its…
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Baptist
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven:…
The contrast between the least and the greatest in the kingdom probably supports gradation with kingdom ranks (cf. 20:20–28). The one who breaks “o…
16th Century
Protestant
Whoever then shall break—Christ here speaks expressly of the commandments of life, or the Ten Commandments, which all the children of God …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments Which are to be understood not of the bea…
Let no one suppose that Christ allows his people to trifle with any commands of God's holy law. No sinner partakes of Christ's justifying righteous…
13th Century
Catholic
Do not think that I have come to destroy the law. After setting forth the beatitudes to which Christ’s doctrine pertains,…
