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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. MATT. vi. 31-34. For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Men who are commissioned by Christ to preach the Gospel, 'take no thought, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewithal shall we be clothed? Matt. 6, 31-34.
Secondly, Ezekiel’s temple and city are very large and capacious, as I showed in the beginning; and the city had three gates looking toward each of the four quarters of the world, Ezek. xlviii. 31-34: all this to signify the spreading of the gospel into all the earth; which is also signified by the holy waters issuing from the threshold of the temple, and rising so high that they were waters to swim in, Ezek. xlvii. 1, 5.
Perhaps therefore we shall be safest in supposing that he alludes, not to persons who are dear, but to circumstances and conditions of a more general kind such as are involved in his self-portraiture, stanzas 31-34. 'Tis Adonais calls! oh hasten thither! 'Thither' must mean 'to Adonais': a laxity of expression. +Stanza 64,+ 1. 1. That light whose smile kindles the universe, &c.
The objects from Guiana occupy the greater part of cases 31-34; and the remarkable objects in the 35th case are the dried body of a female, from New Granada; a mummy from New Granada wrapped in cotton cloths; a curious Peruvian mummy of a child, the legs curiously bound up; and silver and gold Peruvian sepulchral ornaments.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. MATT. vi. 31-34. For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
vii. 29-35: the gluttonous man. xi. 29-32, 49-51: the sign of Jonas, and the blood of the prophets. xiii. 1-9, 29-35: the slain Galileans, the fig-tree, Herod, Jerusalem. xv. 11-32: the prodigal son. xvii. 5-10: the servant at meat. xviii. 31-34: announcement of the Passion. xix. 29-48: the Triumphal Entry, woes of Jerusalem, cleansing of the Temple.
Trust is the only reasonable temper for a child of such a father. Anxious care is a denial of His love or knowledge or power. II. Verses 31-34 point out the true direction of effort and affection, and the true way of using outward good so as to secure the higher riches. It is useless to tell men not to set their longings or efforts on worldly things unless you tell them of something better.
Even in this present time one receives a hundredfold reward, not in literal kind but in experiences which now satisfy the soul and “in the world to come eternal life.” Jesus Again Foretelling His Death. Ch. 18:31-34
The cure of ten lepers Luke xvii. 11-19. The question of the Pharisees concerning divorce Matt. xix. 3-12; Mark x. 2-12. The blessing of little children Matt. xix. 13-15; Mark x. 13-16; Luke xviii. 15-17. The question of the rich young ruler Matt. xix. 16 to xx. 16; Mark x. 17-31; Luke xviii. 18-30. The third prediction of death and resurrection Matt xx. 17-19; Mark x. 32-34; Luke xviii. 31-34.
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