[951] The question is identical with that asked of Jesus in the synagog at Capernaum preliminary to the healing of the man with the withered hand (Matt. 12:10).
[952] Exo. 23:5; Deut. 22:4; Luke 13:15.
[953] Compare Matt. 23:12; Luke 1:52; 18:14; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5.
[954] Compare Matt. 8:11; Rev. 19:9. The expression "eat bread" is a Hebraism, signifying eating in full as at a feast rather than partaking of bread only.
[955] Luke 14:16-24. Compare the parable relating to the marriage of the king"s son (Matt. 22:2-10); study points of resemblance and difference between the two and the distinctive lessons of each. See page 536.
[956] Luke 14:25-35.
[957] Matt. 8:19, 20; compare Luke 9:57, 58; page 305 herein.
[958] Compare the requirement under the Mosaic administration, Deut.
13:6-11; and note the application of the principle to the apostles, Matt. 10:37-39.
[959] Compare Matt. 5:13; Mark 9:50
[960] Luke 15.
[961] Matt. 9:10-13; Mark 2:15-17; Luke 5:29-32. See page 193 herein.
[962] Matt. 18:12-14. See page 389 herein.
[963] That the lost piece of silver was a coin, and not a piece of unstamped bullion nor an ornament, is apparent from the original, "drachma," a silver coin. See page 384 herein.
[964] Luke 15:11-32.
[965] Compare Doc. and Cov. 1:31; B. of M., Alma 45:16.
[966] Compare Matt. 18:14; P. of G.P., Moses 1:39.
[967] Luke 16:1-8.
[968] Note 1, end of chapter.
[969] Luke 16:9-13.
[970] Note 2, end of chapter.
[971] Luke 16:14-31.
[972] Note 2, end of chapter.
[973] Revised version, Luke 16:16: "The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the gospel of the kingdom of G.o.d is preached, and every man entereth violently into it."
[974] Compare Matt. 5:18; see page 233 herein.
[975] Luke 16:19-31.
[976] Note 3, end of chapter.
[977] Compare B. of M., Alma 40:11-14; see "Articles of Faith," xxi, Note 5. "The Intermediate State of the Soul."
[978] Rev. 14:13.
[979] Luke 17:1-10.
[980] Compare Matt. 17:20; 21:21; Mark 9:23; 11:23; see page 381 herein.
[981] Compare Job 22:3; 35:7.
[982] Luke 17:11-19. Many writers treat this occurrence as having immediately followed the repulse of Jesus and the apostles in a certain Samaritan village (Luke 9:52-56). We give it place in the order followed by Luke, the sole recorder of the two incidents.
[983] Compare Lev. 13:2; 14:2; see also page 189 herein.
[984] Compare case of Naaman the Syrian, 2 Kings 5:14.
[985] Luke 18:9-14. Luke"s narrative, the order of which we have followed in the events succeeding Christ"s departure from Jerusalem after the Feast of Tabernacles, includes our Lord"s reply to the Pharisee"s question as to "when the kingdom of G.o.d should come," and additions thereto (17:20-37); these matters were afterward treated with greater fulness in a discourse near Jerusalem (Matt. 24) and will be considered in connection with that later event. The Parable of the Importunate Widow (Luke 18:1-7) has already received attention, (page 436).
[986] Note to what blasphemous extreme the doctrine of supererogation, or excess of merit, was carried by the papacy in the 13th century; see "The Great Apostasy," 913-15.
[987] Compare Luke 14:11.
[988] Matt. 19:3-12; see also Mark 10:2-12. This subject is introduced by Matthew and Mark directly preceding that of Christ blessing little children; which latter is recorded by Luke next after the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. We therefore turn from Luke"s record to the accounts given by the other synoptic writers.
[989] Note 4, end of chapter.
[990] Compare Gen. 1:27; 2:24; 5:2; Eph. 5:31.
[991] Deut. 24:1-4.
[992] Compare Matt. 5:32; Luke 16:18; see also 1 Cor. 7:10-13.
[993] Note 5, end of chapter.
[994] Compare Heb. 13:4.
[995] Compare 1 Cor. 11:11.
[996] Mark 10:13-16; compare Matt. 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17.
[997] Compare B. of M., 3 Nephi 17:11-25. See Note 6, end of chapter.
[998] Page 386.
[999] Matt. 19:16-26; Mark 10:17-27; Luke 18:18-30.