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1 Tada pristupiše k Isusu književnici i fariseji od Jerusalima govoreći:

2 Zašto učenici tvoji prestupaju običaje starih? Jer ne umivaju ruke svoje kad hleb jedu.

3 A On odgovarajući reče im: Zašto i vi prestupate zapovest Božju za običaje svoje?

4 Jer Bog zapoveda govoreći: Poštuj oca i mater; i koji opsuje oca ili mater smrću da umre.

5 A vi kažete: Ako koji reče ocu ili materi: Prilog je čim bih ti ja mogao pomoći;

6 Može i da ne poštuje oca svog ili matere. I ukidoste zapovest Božju za običaje svoje.

7 Licemeri! Dobro je za vas prorokovao Isaija govoreći:

8 Ovi ljudi približavaju se k meni ustima svojim, i usnama poštuju me; a srce njihovo daleko stoji od mene.

9 No zaludu me poštuju učeći naukama i zapovestima ljudskim.

10 I dozvavši ljude, reče im: Slušajte i razumite.

11 Ne pogani čoveka šta ulazi u usta; nego šta izlazi iz usta ono pogani čoveka.

12 Tada pristupiše učenici Njegovi i rekoše Mu: Znaš li da fariseji čuvši tu reč sablazniše se?

13 A On odgovarajući reče: Svako drvo koje nije usadio Otac moj nebeski, iskoreniće se.

14 Ostavite ih: oni su slepe vođe slepcima; a slepac slepca ako vodi, oba će u jamu pasti.

15 A Petar odgovarajući reče Mu: Kaži nam priču ovu.

16 A Isus reče: Eda li ste i vi još nerazumni?

17 Zar još ne znate da sve što ulazi u usta u trbuh ide, i izbacuje se napolje?

18 A šta izlazi iz usta iz srca izlazi, i ono pogani čoveka.

19 Jer od srca izlaze zle misli, ubistva, preljube, kurvarstva, krađe, lažna svedočanstva, hule na Boga.

20 I ovo je što pogani čoveka, a neumivenim rukama jesti ne pogani čoveka.

21 I izišavši odande Isus otide u krajeve tirske i sidonske.

22 I gle, žena Hananejka izađe iz onih krajeva, i povika k Njemu govoreći: Pomiluj me Gospode sine Davidov! Moju kćer vrlo muči đavo.

23 A On joj ne odgovori ni reči. I pristupivši učenici Njegovi moljahu Ga govoreći: Otpusti je, kako viče za nama.

24 A On odgovarajući reče: Ja sam poslan samo k izgubljenim ovcama doma Izrailjevog.

25 A ona pristupivši pokloni Mu se govoreći: Gospode pomozi mi!

26 A On odgovarajući reče: Nije dobro uzeti od dece hleb i baciti psima.

27 A ona reče: Da, Gospode, ali i psi jedu od mrva što padaju s trpeze njihovih gospodara.

28 Tada odgovori Isus, i reče joj: O ženo! Velika je vera tvoja; neka ti bude kako hoćeš. I ozdravi kći njena od onog časa.

29 I otišavši Isus odande, dođe k moru galilejskom, i popevši se na goru, sede onde.

30 I pristupiše k Njemu ljudi mnogi koji imahu sa sobom hromih, slepih, nemih, uzetih i drugih mnogih, i položiše ih k nogama Isusovim, i isceli ih,

31 Tako da se narod divljaše, videći neme gde govore, uzete zdrave, hrome gde idu, i slepe gde gledaju; i hvališe Boga Izrailjevog.

32 A Isus dozvavši učenike svoje reče: Žao mi je ovog naroda, jer većtri dana stoje kod mene i nemaju šta jesti; a nisam ih rad otpustiti gladne da ne oslabe na putu.

33 I rekoše Mu učenici Njegovi: Otkuda nam u pustinji toliki hleb da se nasiti toliki narod?

34 I reče im Isus: Koliko hlebova imate? A oni rekoše: Sedam, i malo ribice.

35 I zapovedi narodu da posedaju po zemlji.

36 I uzevši onih sedam hlebova i ribe, i davši hvalu, prelomi, i dade učenicima svojim, a učenici narodu.

37 I jedoše svi, i nasitiše se; i nakupiše komada što preteče sedam kotarica punih.

38 A onih što su jeli beše četiri hiljade ljudi, osim žena i dece.

39 I otpustivši narod uđe u lađu, i dođe u okoline magdalske.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 254

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254. As I also have overcome, and sit with My Father in His throne, signifies comparatively as Divine good is united to Divine truth in heaven. This is evident from the signification of "overcoming," as being in reference to the Lord Himself, to unite Divine good to Divine truth. Because this was effected through temptations and victories, it is said, "as I also have overcome." (That the Lord united Divine good to Divine truth through temptations admitted into His Human, and then through continued victories, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 201, 293, 302.) "To sit with My Father in His throne" signifies Divine good united to Divine truth in heaven, because "Father," when said by the Lord, means the Divine good that was in Him from conception, and "Son" the Divine truth, both in heaven, "throne" meaning heaven (See above). This Divine of the Lord in the heavens is called Divine truth, but it is Divine good united to Divine truth. (That this is so, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 13, 133, 139-140.)

[2] There is a comparison made between the men of the church and the Lord Himself, in His saying, "He that overcometh I will give to him to sit with Me in My throne, as I also have overcome and sit with My Father in His throne," because the Lord's life in the world was an example according to which the men of the church are to live, as the Lord Himself teaches in John:

I have given unto you an example that ye also should do as I have done to you. If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them (John 13:15, 13:17).

So in other places the Lord compares Himself with others; for example, in John:

Jesus said, Even as the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you; abide ye in My love, as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love (John 15:9-10).

In the same:

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. As Thou didst send Me into the world, even so sent I them into the world (John 17:16, 17:18).

In the same:

As the Father hath sent Me, even so send I you (John 20:21).

In the same:

The glory which Thou hast given Me I have given unto them; that they may be one even as We are one, I in them, Thou in Me. Father, those whom Thou hast given Me, I will that where I am they also may be with Me, that they may behold My glory which Thou hast given Me. I have made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them (John 17:22-24, 17:26).

The Lord spoke of His conjunction with men in the same way as He spoke of His conjunction with the Father, that is, the conjunction of His Human with the Divine that was in Him, for the reason that the Lord is not conjoined with what is man's own [proprio], but with His own that is with man. The Lord removes what is man's own [proprium], and gives of His own, and dwells in that. That this is so is known in the church, as is clear from the customary prayer and exhortation to those who come to the sacrament of the Supper, in which are these words:

If with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy sacrament (for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink His blood), then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; and we are one with Christ, and Christ with us. (See also John 6:56. But these things may be better understood from what is shown in the work on Heaven and Hell 11-12.) From this it follows that as the Divine of the Lord received by angels and by men makes heaven and the church with them, they are one with the Lord, as He and the Father are one.

[3] That the meaning of these words of the Lord, that "He sitteth with His Father in His throne," may be more clearly seen, it must be known that "God's throne" is heaven (as was shown in the preceding article), and that heaven is heaven from the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, and this Divine is called Divine truth, but is Divine good united to Divine truth (as was said above). The Lord Himself is not in heaven, but is above the heavens, and is seen by those who are in the heavens as a sun. He is seen as a sun because He is Divine love, and Divine love is seen by the angels as solar fire; this is why "sacred fire" in the Word signifies love Divine. From the Lord as a sun light and heat proceed: the light that proceeds, since it is spiritual light, is Divine truth; and the heat, since it is spiritual heat, is Divine good. This, namely, the Divine good, is what is meant by "the Father in the heavens." (That the Lord is the Sun of Heaven, and that the light and heat therefrom are Divine truth united to Divine good, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell 116-125, 126-140; and that Heaven is Heaven from the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, n 7-12.) From this what is meant in the Word by "the Father in the heavens" and by "Heavenly Father" can be seen. Thus in Matthew:

Do good to your enemies, that ye may be sons of your Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 5:44, 45).

In the same:

Ye shall be perfect, as your Father in the heavens is perfect (Matthew 5:48).

In the same:

Ye who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children; how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them who ask Him (Matthew 7:11).

In the same:

He that doeth the will of the Father who is in the heavens shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens (Matthew 7:21).

In the same:

Every plant which the heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up (Matthew 15:13).

Also in other places (as in Matthew 5:16; 6:1, 6, 8; 12:50; 16:17, 18:14, 19, 35; Mark 11:25, 26; Luke 11:13).

[4] That "Father" means the Divine good can be seen also from this passage in Matthew:

Despise not one of these little ones; for their angels do always behold the face of My Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 18:10);

that "they behold the face of the Father who is in the heavens" signifies that they receive Divine good from the Lord; that they do not see His face is evident from the Lord's words in John:

That no one hath ever seen the Father (John 1:18; 5:37; 6:46).

The same can be seen from this passage in Matthew:

Call no man your Father on the earth, for one is your Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 23:9).

It is plain that no one is forbidden to call his father on the earth "father," nor is this here forbidden by the Lord; but this was said because "Father" means the Divine good, and:

No one is good except the one God (Matthew 19:17).

(The Lord spoke thus because "Father" in the Word of both Testaments means in the spiritual sense good, see Arcana Coelestia 3703[1-23], 5902, 6050, 7833, 7834; and also heaven and the church in respect to good, n. 2691, 2717, 3703, 5581, 8897; and "Father," when said by the Lord, means the Divine good of His Divine love, n. 2803, 3704, 7499, 8328, 8897)

  
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Matthew 23:9

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9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.