Truth, not Beauty, Gives Authority to Doctrine
Matthew 7:29
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.


The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful, but whether it is true. When we want to go to a place, we don't ask whether the road leads through a pretty country, but whether it is the right road, the road pointed out by authority, the turnpike-road.

(Hare.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

WEB: for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.




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