Matthew 9:23-25 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,… The eye of faith can discern what to the eye of sense is often invisible; and looks with simple conviction to what the other as simply rejects. "They laughed Him to scorn," etc. And were they not right as far as their knowledge went? Could not Jesus who had opened the eyes of the blind raise the dead? They might have reasoned thus. They were too wise in their own conceit to think of looking with the eye of faith. How often does this strange levity of the people of Capernaum take the rein of men's thoughts even in the most solemn subjects — the doctrines of Christianity; the sacraments — which appeal to no outward sense — they will "augh to scorn." So to with the humble duties of the Christian and the lowly means with which he works; how often treated with contempt. How much there is in which a devoutly-trained faith may discern truth and comfort and promise of good, where the mere human eye might discover nothing but perplexity or disappointment. (J. Puckle, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,WEB: When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder, |
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