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See the description of the Jewish teachers, Isaiah 56.11. Jer. 6.13. Ezekiel 34.1-3. Micah 3.11. Matt. 15.5, 6; 23.14—the contrast of Timothy with the Christian teachers (Phil. 2.20, 21.) the frequent warnings of Ministers against “filthy lucre”—1Tim. 3.3, 8; 6.9-11. Titus 1.7; 1Peter 5.2; also 2Peter 2.3; Jude 11. ‘He enters not by Jesus Christ (into the sheepfold), who enters with a prospect of any other interest besides that of Christ and his Church. Ambition, avarice, love of ease, or desire to be distinguished from the crowd, to enjoy the conveniences of life, or to promote the interests of our family, and even the sole design of providing against want—these are all ways, by which thieves and robbers enter—and whoever enters in by any of these ways, or by simony, craft, etc., he deserves no better name.’ Quesnel on John 10.1.