Matthew 15:32-39 – 4,000 Fed || Mark 8:1-10 MT15:32 But Jesus called his disciples around him and said, “I am feeling compassion[1] over the crowd because it is already three days[2] since they approached me and they have had nothing to eat. I do not want to dismiss them fasting. They may give out on […]
Matthew 15:29-31 – Jesus Cures MT15:29 From there Jesus went overland to the shores[1] of the Sea of Galilee. He climbed a mountain and was sitting there. MT15:30 Now many crowds approached him with their lame, maim, blind, mute, and many others. They cast them before the feet of Jesus and he cured them all. […]
Matthew 15:21-28 – Giving Bread to Puppies || Mark 7:24-30 MT15:21 Leaving there Jesus withdrew into the area of[1] Tyre and Sidon. MT15:22 And, look! a Canaanite[2] woman from the region came out yelling, “Have mercy on me, Master, Son of David, for my daughter is horribly demonized!”[3] MT15:23 But Jesus did not answer her […]
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: TRADITION AND THE HEART, GIVING CRUMBS TO PUPPIES, FEEDING 4000 [“The Mouth and the Heart”] (Key Word: Traditions) Matthew 15:1-20 – Tradition and the Heart || Mark 7:1-23 MT15:1 Now scribes[1] and Pharisees from Jerusalem[2] approached Jesus, saying, “Why do your disciples[3] transgress the traditions of the Ancients?[4] MT15:2 For they do not […]
Our King combatting formalists 1. THEN came to, Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hand, when they eat bread. When our Lord was busiest his enemies assailed him. These ecclesiastics “of Jerusalem” were probably the cream of […]
Matthew 15:1. Then scribes and Pharisees. As the fault that is here corrected is not only common but highly dangerous, the passage is particularly worthy of our attention. We see the extraordinary insolence that is displayed by men as to the form and manner of worshipping God; for they are perpetually contriving new modes of […]
TRADITION AND THE HEART [“The Mouth and the Heart”] (Key Word: Traditions) In the 15th chapter of Matthew we do find Pharisees and teachers of the law [scribes] who asked Jesus “Why don’t your ·followers [disciples] obey the ·unwritten laws which have been handed down to us [traditions of the elders]? When Jesus replies them […]
Matthew 14:35-36 – If They Might Just Touch Him || Mark 6:53-56 MT14:35 Now having recognized Jesus the males of that area and surrounding country set off and those with maladies approached him. MT14:36 They were begging Jesus so that if only they might just touch the fringe of his cloak.[1] And everyone touching was […]
Matthew 14:23-34 – Walking on Water || Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21 MT14:23 Having dismissed the crowds Jesus climbed up into the mountains[1] to a private spot to pray. He was alone at night. MT14:24 Now the boat [with the disciples] was many stadia[2] from land and was hard put by tortuous waves and a head […]
Matthew 14:14-22 – 5,000 Fed || Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13 MT14:14 Now when Jesus got out he saw the large crowd.[1] Feeling compassion[2] for them, he healed their sick. MT14:15 In the evening his disciples approached Jesus, saying, “This is an isolated place and it is late enough – tell the crowds to […]
