Episodes

Tuesday, 17 December 2024 Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away. Matthew 5:42 “The ‘asking of you,’ you give. And the wishing from you to borrow, not you shall turn away” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus said that when one mobilizes you to go with him a mile, to make it two instead. Next, He says, “The ‘asking of you,’ you give.” The meaning of this is that when a person comes with a request, the one being petitioned should oblige him and give...

Monday, 16 December 2024 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Matthew 5:41 “And whoever, he shall mobilize you one mile, you go with him two” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples that if someone sued for his tunic, he should send him his cloak, meaning his outer garment, as well. Now, He gives more of such direction, saying, “And whoever, he shall mobilize you.” The Greek word aggareuó, translated as mobilize, is used. It is derived from the Aramaic word ...

Sunday, 15 December 2024 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. Matthew 5:40 “And the ‘determining to sue you’ and your tunic to take, you send him also the cloak” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples that when someone slaps one of them on the right cheek, he should turn the other to him also. He continues now in a similar line of thinking with, “And the ‘determining to sue you.’” It is a way of describing a person who has determin...

Saturday, 14 December 2024 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. Matthew 5:39 “And I, I say to you, not resist the evil. But whoever, you, he shall slap unto your right cheek, and you turn to him the other” (CG). Jesus just cited the law concerning an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Again, as before, He now gives God’s perspective on how to respond when personally offended by another. He begins His words wit...

Friday, 13 December 2024 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ Matthew 5:38 “You heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that one’s Yes should be yes and his No should be no. Anything beyond that is out of evil. He now starts a new thought, saying, “You heard that it was said.” He again turns to that which was heard and understood by all. It is a precept out of the law itself which He will pr...

Thursday, 12 December 2024 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. Matthew 5:37 “And let it be, your word, ‘Yes, yes.’ ‘No, no.’ And the surplus of these, it is out of evil” (CG). The previous verse noted that Jesus said not to swear by our heads because we cannot make one hair white or black. Now, He tells His disciples how their words should be spoken, saying, “And let it be, your word, ‘Yes, yes.’ ‘No, no.’” The meaning is th...

Wednesday, 11 December 2024 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. Matthew 5:36 “Nor in your head shall you swear, for not you are able one hair - white or black - to make” (CG). In the previous verses, Jesus told His disciples not to swear at all. He then said not to do so in heaven, nor in the earth, nor unto Jerusalem. Now, He finishes this immediate thought, saying, “Nor in your head shall you swear.” Some scholars have noted that swearing by o...

Tuesday, 10 December 2024 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Matthew 5:35 “nor in the earth, for it is a footstool of His feet, nor unto Jerusalem for it is a city of the great King” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus said, “And I, I say to you, not swear atall, either in the heaven, for it is God’s throne.” He continues this thought now, saying, “nor in the earth.” Jesus again uses the word en, in. It would be like saying, “I s...

Monday, 9 December 2024 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; Matthew 5:34 “And I, I say to you, not swear atall, either in the heaven, for it is God’s throne” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that in the law it says that one should not perjure and that oaths were to be performed. However, Jesus now says, “And I, I say to you, not swear atall.” Here is the first use of the word holós. It signifies wholly or altogether. When preceded by a ne...

Sunday, 8 December 2024 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ Matthew 5:33 “Again, you heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Not you shall perjure, and you shall render to the Lord your oaths’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke about divorce and the consequences of it. Now, He continues to cite references to the law and then provide stricter interpretations of them that must be considered for ...

Saturday, 7 December 2024 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. Matthew 5:32 “And I, I say, to you that whoever if he shall dismiss his wife, except a word of harlotry, he makes her commit adultery. And whoever if ‘her having been dismissed’ he shall marry, he commits adultery” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus cited the words of Moses concerning givi...

Friday, 6 December 2024 “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ Matthew 5:31 “And it was said that whoever, if he shall dismiss his wife, he gives to her a divorcement” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of what to do when the right hand causes one to sin. He now turns to an issue all too common in the world and which He will show that God’s standard is one that holds the marriage covenant as something binding. That begins i...

Thursday, 5 December 2024 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. Matthew 5:30 “And if your right hand, it entraps you, it – it hew – and it cast from you. For it conduces you that one of your members, it should perish, and not all your body, it should be cast into Gehenna” (CG). The previous verse spoke of the right eye entrapping a person. If s...

Wednesday, 4 December 2024 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. Matthew 5:29 And if your eye, the right, it entraps you, it – pluck it – and it cast from you. For it conduces you that one of your members, it should perish, and not all your body, it should be cast into Gehenna (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus indicated that the sin of adultery l...

Tuesday, 3 December 2024 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28 “And I, I say to you, that everyone – the ‘seeing a woman to passion upon her’ – already he committed adultery with her in his heart” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus cited the seventh commandment, “Not you shall commit adultery.” Now, He builds upon that thought with a note concerning the state of the heart, even when the physical act ha...

Monday, 2 December 2024 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ Matthew 5:27 “You heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Not you shall commit adultery’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke to the disciples about not getting out of prison until the last penny had been paid. This is the idea behind the law. When there is law, there is a possible violation of the law. In violating the law, one can then be sentenced and punished according to the s...

Sunday, 1 December 2024 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny. Matthew 5:26 “Amen! I say to you, no, not you shall come out thence until if you should pay the last kodranten” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke to the disciples about agreeing quickly with one’s adversary lest an appeal be made and they be cast into prison. With that stated, He next continues with, “Amen!” It is a verbal way of saying something is firm and trustw...

Saturday, 30 November 2024 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Matthew 5:25 “You be quickly well-minded to your opponent, while which you are on the way with him. Lest ever the opponent, he may deliver you to the judge, and the judge should deliver you to the assistant, and into the prison, you will be cast” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus t...

Friday, 29 November 2024 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:24 “You leave, there, your gift before the altar, and you depart. First, you reconcile to your brother, and then, having come, you present your gift” (CG). The previous verse began a thought that continues in this verse. Jesus started by saying that if someone was to bring his gift to the altar and at that time remember that his br...

Thursday, 28 November 2024 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, Matthew 5:23 “If, therefore, you might offer your gift upon the altar, and there you might remember that your brother – he has something against you” (CG). The previous verse conveyed Jesus’ words about the strictness of God’s judgment in matters such as anger and reviling others with words like Raca and moronic. With that remembered, Jesus continues with, ...

Wednesday, 27 November 2024 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire. Matthew 5:22 “And I, I say to you that all the ‘being angry’ to the brother of him groundlessly, he will be liable to the judgment. And whoever, if he shall say to his brother, ‘Raca,’ he will be liable to the Sanhedrin. An...

Tuesday, 26 November 2024 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ Matthew 5:21 “You heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Not you shall murder.’ And ‘Whoever, he shall murder, he will be liable to the judgment’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples that unless their righteousness exceeded that of the scribes and Pharisees, they would by no means enter the kingdom of the heavens. With t...

Monday, 25 November 2024 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20 “For I say to you, that if not it might excel – your righteousness – above the scribes and Pharisees, no – not – should you enter into the kingdom of the heavens” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that the person who would break one of the commandments of the law, even the least of them, and he w...

Sunday, 24 November 2024 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19 “Whoever if therefore, he shall loosen one of these commandments – the least – and he shall teach the men thus, least he will be called in the kingdom of the heavens. And whoever, if he shall keep and he shall teach, this great he will be ca...