...required ; and he reproved the punctilious washing of vessels, with this instructive and close remark : " Cleanse first that which is within, that the outside may be clean also."1 He is declared to have been made " a priest for ever, — not after the law of a carnal commandment,...

...paraphrase which gives up the literal words. The significant parallel, Matt, xxiii. 26, which runs — Cleanse first that which is within, that the outside may be clean also ! shows us that 5ro<s7c here signifies purgare, a meaning which is very suitable and alone gives the...

...life and actions," as before in the thoughts and affections, agreeably to the law of Divine order — "Cleanse first that which is within, that the outside may be clean also." (Matt, xxiii. 26.) Which law the Jews and all like-minded with them invert, by eeeking righteousness...

...own rule ; not seeking merely to make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but cleansing first that which is within, that the outside may be clean also. If the heart be diligently kept, the outward conduct will certainly show the effect ; and if the main...

...use in well-water, and how earthen and copper vessels are thereby to be distinguished ; Jesus says, " Cleanse first that which is within, that the outside may be clean also." Even the law regarding the Sabbath, with its hundred commandments, is regarded from the same point...

...For this is the import of " all things," both inward and outward things, as we read in another place: "Cleanse first that which is within, that the outside may be clean also."6 But lest He might appear to despise the alms which they were giving out of the fruits of the...

...things, I might be sure of their ready attention, activity, and obedience. I had, in short, to follow the high precept of Jesus Christ, ' Cleanse first that...and make them affectionate, just, and considerate. At Stanz : P.'s own account. " I was successful in gaining my aims. Amongst these seventy wild beggar-children...

...things, I might be sure of their ready attention, activity, and obedience. I had, in short, to follow the high precept of Jesus Christ, ' Cleanse first that...awaken a feeling of brotherhood amongst the children, ana make them affectionate, just, and considerate. At Stanz : P.'s own account. " I was successful...

...precept of Jesus Christ, ' Cleanse first that which is within, that the outside may be clean al»o ' ; and if ever the truth of this precept was made manifest,...and make them affectionate, just, and considerate. At Stanz : P.'s own account. " I was successful in gaining my aims. Amongst these seventy wild beggar-children...

...Jesus Christ, ' Cleanse first that which is within, that the outside may be clean al?o ' ; and if evei the truth of this precept was made manifest, it was...of brotherhood amongst the children, and make them affect1onate, just, and considerate. At Stanz : P.'s own account. " I was successful in gaining my...