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Matthew 19 is the nineteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. [1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Matthew composed this Gospel . [ 2 ]
Lapide relates the following story based on this passage: "An aged priest, worthy of credit, who had discharged the office of exorcist for many years and expelled devils at Rome, once told me he had seen with his eyes, and heard with his ears, two men possessed with devils, contending and fighting with one another, in the Church of S. Matthew.
The Catholic Church teaches that "A lie consists in speaking a falsehood with the intention of deceiving." According to the Bible, the Lord denounces lying as the work of the devil: "You are of your father the devil, . . . there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
The book's title comes from the Bible verse in Matthew 19:12, which could be translated as follows: "For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb; and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men; and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven." [4]
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. The New International Version translates the passage as: "So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made ...
The explanation for the new rule waits until Matthew 5:37. [1] Very few [vague] Christians interpret this verse literally to mean that all oaths are prohibited as in other parts of the Bible oaths are looked upon more favourably. In 2 Corinthians 1:23 and Galatians 1:20 Paul of Tarsus swears oaths, and in Hebrews 6:17 God himself
Matthew 5:46 is the forty-sixth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the third verse of the final antithesis, built on the commandment "Love thy neighbour as thyself". Jesus here gives another example of why one must love one's enemies.
Matthew 5:26 is the twenty-sixth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus has just warned that if you do not reconcile with your enemies a judge is likely to throw you in jail. In this verse Jesus mentions that your debts must be paid completely before one can leave.