Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. LukeMaclaren, Alexander
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Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
Maclaren, Alexander
Bible. Luke -- Commentaries
Brother! do not let the world's cold currents get at your heart and
freeze it again, if you feel that in any measure it is beginning to
melt into penitence, and to flow with faith. The same voice that in
the synagogue of Nazareth said, 'He hath anointed Me to preach the
Gospel to the poor' speaks to us to-day from heaven, saying, 'I
counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest
be rich ... and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mayest
see.'
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A SABBATH IN CAPERNAUM
'And in the synagogue there was a man which had a
spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud
voice, 34. Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do
with Thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art Thou come to
destroy us? I know Thee who Thou art; the Holy One of
God. 35. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy
peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had
thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt
him not. 36. And they were all amazed, and spake among
themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with
authority and power He commandeth the unclean spirits,
and they come out. 37. And the fame of Him went out
into every place of the country round about. 38. And
He arose out of the synagogue, and entered into
Simon's house: and Simon's wife's mother was taken
with a great fever; and they besought Him for her.
39. And He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and
it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered
unto them. 40. Now, when the sun was setting, all they
that had any sick with divers diseases brought them
unto Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them,
and healed them. 41. And devils also came out of many,
crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ, the Son of
God. And He, rebuking them, suffered them not to speak:
for they knew that He was Christ. 42. And when it was
day, He departed, and went into a desert place; and the
people sought Him, and came unto Him, and stayed Him,
that He should not depart from them. 43. And He said
unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other
cities also: for therefore am I sent. 44. And He
preached in the synagogues of Galilee.'--LUKE iv.33-44.
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