2 Samuel 12:14 However,, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme… If the sun be eclipsed one day, it attracts more spectators than if it shone a whole year. So if you commit one sin, it will cause you many sorrows and the world many triumphs. Dr. Whitaker, on reading the fifth of Matthew, broke out saying, "Either this is not the Gospel or we are not of the Gospel." The cruelty of the Spaniards to the Indians made them refuse Christian baptism. "For," said they, "He must be a wicked God who has such wicked servants." (W. Secker.) Parallel Verses KJV: Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. |
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