Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David! But, as I have stated, the choice and ordination of the twelve apostles had really taken place before the sermon on the mount, though not mentioned in Matthew, but in Mark and Luke. Luke-Acts When a person's ministry gets so great, and they become so prominent that they lose touch with people, and they can no longer minister to people's individual needs, their ministry has become greater than their Lord. Using the term "elect," Titus 1:1 reinforces the idea that God separates some few from the many who are called: "Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's . Take what is yours and go! But yet people who have been faithful to that service, to which God has employed them, whether it be intercessory closet prayer that nobody knows anything about, and I think when we get to heaven we are going to be surprised when we see those who are sitting on the front row. 4. No doubt the tempest was great; but what harm could it do to Jesus? All other things, although important, are secondary. The bodily presence of the Messiah was not needed. The book features 50 challenges to do with your partner at affordable price points (FREE to about $50). They drew up by tribes, and lots were drawn to determine in what order every tribe should present its soldiers. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. It seemed the last place on earth to which a man in his condition should have gone. Suffering from great humiliation and degradation. We are going to Jerusalem. Henceforth, too, He forbids the disciples to proclaim Him as the Messiah. Grant that these two sons of mine may sit: Asking on behalf of her sons (note to whom Jesus replies in Matthew 20:22-23), she wanted prominent positions for them in the messianic administration of Jesus. I am going to be betrayed. Apply to the Son of David; lose not a moment; he is passing by, and thou art passing into eternity, and probably wilt never have a more favourable opportunity than the present. I feel sure that no Christian harbours a doubt about it. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. But they were so desperate, they weren't discouraged, they even cried louder, "Jesus, thou son of David have mercy on us. It may well be that we who have been Christian for so long have much to learn from those younger Churches who are late-comers to the fellowship of the faith. . He went to live in a six foot by six-foot hut in a Tokyo slum. a. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink: Their answer (We are able) seems to come a little too quick. They put upon Him a scarlet robe, and they begin to say unto Him, "Hail king of the Jews," and they mocked Him. i. WORK AND WAGES IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD ( Matthew 20:1-16 continued). vi. And they said unto him, We're able ( Matthew 20:22 ). The question was not who or what came in the way; whoever appealed to Him, there He was for them. THE MIND OF JESUS ( Matthew 20:20-28 continued). He never failed to tell men that, even if life ends in crown-wearing, it continues in cross-bearing. The amazing thing about Jesus is that he never lost patience and became irritated. Thereon the Lord also has His word to say, first reminding Peter of his new name suitably to what follows. And they went their way. Here, too, these Pharisees question and reproach His grace, when they see the Lord sitting at ease in the presence of publicans and sinners, who came and sat down with Him in Matthew's house. a. To lose all for heavenly treasure, to come and follow the despised Nazarene here below what was it to compare with that which had brought Jesus to earth? No doubt it is a tie of nature for this life only. I do not believe that God would just allow His Son to take all of that suffering, if there were not some value to be received from that suffering. This world looks at the outward appearance, but God knows our hearts. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. He who had just confessed the glory of the Lord would not hear His Master speaking thus of His going to the cross (by which alone the Church, or even the kingdom, could be established), and sought to swerve Him from it. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brothers. The aggravation of it; "It is because I am good." There were two; but the Spirit of God chose out, in Mark and Luke, the more remarkable of the two, and traces for us his history, a history of no small interest and importance, as we may feel when we come to Mark; but it was of equal moment for the gospel of Matthew that the two demoniacs should be mentioned here, although one of them was in himself, as I gather, a far more strikingly desperate case than the other. In Matthew 15:1-39 we have another picture, and twofold. So, then, we learn that the mother of James and John was named Salome, and that she was the sister of Mary the mother of Jesus. He sets forth the sign of the prophet Jonah, the repentance of the men of Nineveh, the preaching of Jonah, and the earnest zeal of the queen of the South in Solomon's day, when an incomparably greater was there despised. i. If it be so, it is surely a ground of thankfulness to God; for it turns a stumbling-block into an evidence of the perfection of Scripture. He said to them, 'Go you also to the vineyard.' He believed that they could and would drink the cup, and that in the end they would still be found at his side. Not that His own rejection was not before His spirit, but here He looks not beyond that land and people; and, as far as the twelve were concerned, He sends them on a mission which goes on to the end of the an. Succa, fol. Heartlight Provides Positive Resources for Daily Christian Living. Now what is Jesus seeking to teach by this parable of sending forth the laborers into the vineyard? The indulgence of the selfish, murmuring temper might hinder their election even to that work. The point of this one is that God will reward all His disciples justly, graciously, and generously. It is not here a question of life (as in the seed at first), but a system of christian doctrine; not life germinating and bearing fruit, but mere dogma natural mind which is exposed to it. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. It is the glory of Christ; not so much as Son of the living God, but as the exalted Son of man, who once suffered here below. Jesus gave everything to bring men back to God; and we must walk in the steps of him who loved to the uttermost. Not even their wonderful "attitude" entitled them to a day's pay. Our Lord then answers, with perfect dignity, as well as grace; He puts before the disciples of John the real state of the case; He furnishes them with plain, positive facts, that could leave nothing to be desired by John's mind when he weighed all as a testimony from God. "And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." Matthew did not wish to show James and John guilty of worldly ambition, and so he puts the request into the mouth of their mother rather than of themselves. It ought to be so with every forgiven soul. C. G. Montefiore calls this parable "one of the greatest and most glorious of all." GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible Used by permission. "The foxes," says He, "have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head." What the account was; and in that observe. First, it sheds a light on the disciples. First, The general pay (Matthew 20:9; Matthew 20:10); They received every man a penny. As Matthew's Jesus preached earlier, God provides rain for the just and unjust alike (cf. In Matthew 13:1-58 we have the well-known sketch of these new ways of God. In the next scene, then, we have the disciples as a whole tried by a sudden danger to which their sleeping Master paid no heed. But the future is in view also. i. James had to be ready to be the first to die among the disciples; John had to be ready to live the longest Christian life and testimony among them. So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first. And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius. This gives an opportunity to teach what truly defiles not things that go into the man, but those things which, proceeding out of the mouth, come forth from the heart. Jesus, nevertheless, owned all that could be owned in him. The call to serve God is the gift of His grace. He is not here sought as by the leper, the centurion, the friends of the palsied man; He Himself calls Matthew, a publican just the one to write the gospel of the despised Jesus of Nazareth. By His stripes ye are healed, spiritually, yes, but I do not think that it can be limited to spiritual only, the whole context, and especially Matthew eight would extend it also to physical healing. "Suffer me first," he says, "to go and bury my father." When it came time to pay the workers, the men hired last were paid first and paid for a full day of work! Note, First, The church is God's vineyard; it is of his planting, watering, and fencing; and the fruits of it must be to his honour and praise. It is a short time; the reward is for eternity, the work is but for a day; man is said to accomplish, as a hireling, his day,Job 14:6. Doubtless, it was contingent upon the utter ruin of Israel through their unbelief; but the fall of the lesser thing opened the way for the gift of a better glory in answer to Peter's faith in the glory of His person. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! (Matthew 20:17-19) Jesus again reveals the fate waiting for Him at Jerusalem. When they had divided among them the command of the four legions to be formed, the consuls summoned to the capitol, or Campus Martius, all the citizens who, by their age, were obliged to bear arms. c. Betrayed they will condemn Him to death deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. Their reward was as much of grace as was that of the bitter "firsters"! What we have, is not our own, and therefore it is not lawful for us to do what we will with it; but what God has, is his own; and this will justify him, First, In all the disposals of his providence; when God takes from us that which was dear to us, and which we could ill spare, we must silence our discontents with this; May he not do what he will with his own? He didn't come that people might cater to Him and minister to Him, He came to minister to the people's needs. 1. Never heard of them before. But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. That they might possibly be outstripped by their successors in profession, and, though they were before others in profession, might be found inferior to them in knowledge, grace, and holiness. The ignorance is wholly on our side: all they say or omit was owing to the far-reaching and gracious wisdom of Him who inspired them. Jesus summed up his whole life in one poignant sentence: "The Son of Man came to give his life a ransom for many." Nevertheless, when there was the display of the glory of the kingdom, the Father's voice proclaimed Him as His own Son, and not merely as the man thus exalted.