Matthew 15:7-9 You hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,… I. THE STATE DESCRIBED. 1. Marked by absence of sincerity and honesty. 2. Implies a state of alienation from God. 3. Try the meaning of the text by the common estimates we form of professed friendship. All stress is laid on motive and feeling. II. THE LESSONS OF THE STATE HERE REFERRED TO. 1. The need of repentance. 2. That in the midst of religious ordinances there may be spiritual insensibility. 3. Yet though the heart be far off. the Good Shepherd seeks it. (W. D. Harwood.) Parallel Verses KJV: Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,WEB: You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, |
    |