A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Ryle, J. C. (John Charles), 1816–1900 • SECTION 82

EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS.

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corresponding in the state of their hearts. — In the case hefore us He exposes what men did not see in the Pharisees. In the case in St. Matthew He rather exposes what men did see. — In the one case it was a grave full of corruption, but a grave con- cealed from the eye. In the other it was a grave equally full of corruption, but outwardly beautiful and white, so as to deceive a beholder as to the nature of its contents. — In the one case there was corruption, but made outwardly beautiful and harmless. In the other there was corruption hidden, concealed, and entirely kept back from the eye. — ^In both cases the heait was the same. The whitened sepulchre and the sepulchre concealed were both sep- ulchres full of corruption.

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