18. And Jesus seeing.] The following section contains a beautiful gradation of lessons: 1. Concerning worldly superfluities, vv. 18–20; 2. concerning worldly needs, vv. 21, 22; 3. concerning the dangers of life, vv. 23–27; 4. concerning the dangers of the spiritual life, vv. 28–34; 5. concerning spiritual death, vv. 1–8. “Trust in God” is the explicit or implied theme in all these instances. 1. Concerning the superfluities of life. Jesus, on seeing great
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