heathenism, as our Lord must have observed. This, and the condemnation of the materialism of their aim in life in 32, are the only reproaches that our Lord directed against the Gentiles. 9–13. Much has been written on the Lord’s Prayer and its OT, and later Jewish, background as regards both phrasing and thought (cf. Chase, The Lord’s Prayer in the Early Church). The Kingdom that the Lord is proclaiming is in view throughout; and the recompense of which the Lord speaks (4, 6, 18) will be bestowed
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