When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
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Gill's Exposition
But he answered and said unto him that told him,.... Of his mother and brethren being without doors, desiring, and waiting to speak to him,
Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? These questions…
When the unclean spirit ... - The “general sentiment” which our Saviour here teaches is much more easily understood than the illustration which he uses. The Jews had asked a sign from heaven that…
It is probable that these Pharisees with whom Christ is here in discourse were not the same that cavilled at him (Mat 12:24), and would not credit the signs he gave; but another set of them, who saw…
A Figure to illustrate the surpassing Wickedness of the day
Luk 11:24-26, where the connection is different. St Luke, as usual, omits the direct application to Israel.
The connection is not clearly…
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