The Need for Scavengers
S. Cox, D. D. Matthew 24:28 For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. That the vultures gather wheresoever the carcase is, and gather to consume it, is clearly for the health of the world; for, unconsumed, the carcase would but rot and fester, and infect the air; by its infection turning the very breath of life into a minister of death. All the birds that prey on carrion are scavenger birds. Most of the scavengers, from the vulture of the East down to the flies which cleanse our shops and rooms from every morsel of corruption are a little loathsome to us: yet how much we owe them! We owe them nothing short of health and life. A world without scavengers would soon become a stinkingcsepulchre. (S. Cox, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. WEB: For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.