Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Children » Amusements of
"But to what shall I compare the present generation? It is like children sitting in the open places, who call to their playmates. "'We have played the flute to you,' they say, 'and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not beaten your breasts.'
"To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble? They are like children sitting in the public square and calling out to one another, 'We have played the flute to you, and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not shown sorrow.'
Mercy » Neglect of
when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'
Verse Concepts
If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
Verse Concepts
while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name, covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.
Neglect » Of mercy and help
when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'
Verse Concepts
If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
Verse Concepts
while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name, covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.
Shepherds/pastors » False shepherds/pastors
The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them. For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.