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1. The very earliest cause of nearly all sin lies in omitting something which we ought to have done. Perhaps you left your room without prayer.

2. That sins of omission in God's sight are of larger magnitude than sins of commission.

3. They will form the basis of judgment at the last day — "Ye gave Me no meat."

4. Why is any man lost that is lost, but because he omitted God's way of escape?

5. Sins of omission are characteristically sins of the Christian dispensation. Its laws are positive.

(J. Vaughan, M. A.)

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KJV: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

WEB: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.