Albert Barnes on Matthew 22:5
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Matthew22:5
But they made light of it. Treated it with contempt, as a thing of no consequence: an exact representation of the conduct of sinners in regard to the gospel.
One to his farm, etc. So men are engaged so much in their worldly employment, that they pretend they have no time to attend to religion. The world is, in their view, of more value than God.
Merchandise. Traffic; trading.
(m) "light" Ps 106:24,25, Prov 1:24,25, Acts 24:25, Rom 2:4
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