Matthew 15:1,2
A LESSON CONCERNING DEFILEMENT. The Pharisees voice an objection:... [ Continue Reading ]
A LESSON CONCERNING DEFILEMENT. The Pharisees voice an objection:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN CAME TO JESUS SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, WHICH WERE OF JERUSALEM, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY DO THY DISCIPLES TRANSGRESS THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS? FOR THEY WASH NOT THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY EAT BREAD. Then, when the Pharisees were becoming so wrought up that they were holding councils to destroy Him. The movement was extending beyond their control, the popular enthusiasm was still growi... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHY DO YE ALSO TRANSGRESS THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD BY YOUR TRADITION?... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ's reply:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR GOD COMMANDED, SAYING, HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER; AND HE THAT CURSETH FATHER AND MOTHER, LET HIM DIE THE DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT YE SAY, WHOSOEVER SHALL SAY TO HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, IT IS A GIFT, BY WHATSOEVER THOU MIGHTEST BE PROFITED BY ME; AND HONOR NOT HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, HE SHALL BE FREE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS HAVE YE MADE THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD OF NONE EFFECT BY YOUR TRADITION. The retort immediately places the issue in the proper light. Christ becomes the accuser, and the Pharisees and scribes the guilty. He says, in effect: Let your miserable charge stand, for the present; I cheerfully admit that... [ Continue Reading ]
YE HYPOCRITES, WELL DID ESAIAS PROPHESY OF YOU, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ substantiates His attack:... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS PEOPLE DRAWETH NIGH UNTO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH, AND HONORETH ME WITH THEIR LIPS; BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IN VAIN THEY DO WORSHIP ME, TEACHING FOR DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN. He does not mince words; their sham and deceit, their shallow acting at religion, must be branded as such. What the Lord had spoken of the hypocrisy of the Jews in the time of Isaiah 29:13; Ezekiel 33:31; Isaiah 1:1, app... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ appeals to the people:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CALLED THE MULTITUDE AND SAID UNTO THEM, HEAR AND UNDERSTAND:... [ Continue Reading ]
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Publicly had He been attacked by the Pharisees, publicly He defended Himself. There is a definite connection of this parabolic saying with the matter in dispute. This they should note car... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN CAME HIS DISCIPLES AND SAID UNTO HIM, KNOWEST THOU THAT THE PHARISEES WERE OFFENDED AFTER THEY HEARD THIS SAYING?... [ Continue Reading ]
The Pharisees take offense:... [ Continue Reading ]
But He answered and said, Every plant which My heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.... [ Continue Reading ]
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. The disciples reported to the Lord the impression which His parable to the people had made on the Pharisees. The latter were highly scandalized and horrified, partly by the direct app... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN ANSWERED PETER AND SAID UNTO HIM, DECLARE UNTO US THIS PARABLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus explains the parable:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS SAID, ARE YE ALSO YET WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING?... [ Continue Reading ]
DO NOT YE YET UNDERSTAND THAT WHATSOEVER ENTERETH IN AT THE MOUTH GOETH INTO THE BELLY, AND IS CAST OUT INTO THE DRAUGHT?... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THOSE THINGS WHICH PROCEED OUT OF THE MOUTH COME FORTH, FROM THE HEART, AND THEY DEFILE THE MAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, MURDERS, ADULTERIES, FORNICATIONS, THEFTS, FALSE WITNESS, BLASPHEMIES.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ARE THE THINGS WHICH DEFILE A MAN; BUT TO EAT WITH UNWASHEN HANDS DEFILETH NOT A MAN. Peter, in his impulsive way, although he might have acted as spokesman for the Twelve, wants the saying explained, which has enough of the symbolical in it to cause some difficulty. But the occasion itself fu... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN. A journey to the North: THEN JESUS WENT THENCE, AND DEPARTED INTO THE COASTS OF TYRE AND SIDON. The events of the last weeks and days had left Jesus weary in body and mind. The people were incessant in their attendance upon Him, expecting all manner of miracles of healing... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman of Canaan: AND, BEHOLD, A WOMAN OF CANAAN CAME OUT OF THE SAME COASTS, AND CRIED UNTO HIM, SAYING, HAVE MERCY ON ME, O LORD, THOU SON OF DAVID; MY DAUGHTER IS GRIEVOUSLY VEXED WITH A DEVIL. Matthew calls her a woman of Canaan because she was an inhabitant of the ancient country of Canaan o... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE ANSWERED HER NOT A WORD. AND HIS DISCIPLES CAME AND BESOUGHT HIM, SAYING, SEND HER AWAY, FOR SHE CRIETH AFTER US.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus makes a trial of her faith:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID, I AM NOT SENT BUT UNTO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Christ's Sphere of Activity in his Prophetic Office A good many unprejudiced, believing Bible-readers have struggled with a feeling of offended surprise at the words of Christ to the woman of Canaan: "I am not... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN CAME SHE AND WORSHIPED HIM, SAYING, LORD, HELP ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID, IT IS NOT MEET TO TAKE THE CHILDREN'S BREAD, AND TO CAST IT TO DOGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Here is an example of persistent, importunate pleading, not only in her own interest, to take away the anguish of her soul, but also for her daughter, who was suffering with a particularly severe form of... [ Continue Reading ]
The victory of faith: THEN JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, O WOMAN, GREAT IS THY FAITH; BE IT UNTO THEE EVEN AS THOU WILT. AND HER DAUGHTER WAS MADE WHOLE FROM THAT VERY HOUR. Regardless of her birth and nationality, this woman was a member of God's people, Romans 9:7; Galatians 4:28. She was a ch... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST TEACHES AND FEEDS FOUR THOUSAND. The return to Galilee: AND JESUS DEPARTED FROM THENCE, AND CAME NIGH UNTO THE SEA OF GALILEE, AND WENT UP INTO A MOUNTAIN, AND SAT DOWN THERE. After the healing of the Greek girl, Jesus continued His journey northward, and then turned east, along the boundar... [ Continue Reading ]
Healing the multitudes:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND GREAT MULTITUDES CAME UNTO HIM, HAVING WITH THEM THOSE THAT WERE LAME, BLIND, DUMB, MAIMED, AND MANY OTHERS, AND CAST THEM DOWN AT JESUS' FEET; AND HE HEALED THEM,... [ Continue Reading ]
INSOMUCH THAT THE MULTITUDE WONDERED, WHEN THEY SAW THE DUMB TO SPEAK, THE MAIMED TO BE WHOLE, THE LAME TO WALK, AND THE BLIND TO SEE; AND THEY GLORIFIED THE GOD OF ISRAEL. NO EVIDENCE OF A HUNGER OF THE SOUL, NO DESIRE FOR SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT, ONLY FOR HEALING THE BODY. But Christ surely did no... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN JESUS CALLED HIS DISCIPLES UNTO HIM AND SAID, I HAVE COMPASSION ON THE MULTITUDE, BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE WITH ME NOW THREE DAYS, AND HAVE NOTHING TO EAT; AND I WILL NOT SEND THEM AWAY FASTING, LEST THEY FAINT IN THE WAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
The great need of the people:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS DISCIPLES SAY UNTO HIM, WHENCE SHOULD WE HAVE SO MUCH BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS AS TO FILL SO GREAT A MULTITUDE?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, HOW MANY LOAVES HAVE YE? AND THEY SAID, SEVEN, AND A FEW LITTLE FISHES. There was a certain faithfulness about the multitudes which caused the people to remain in the uninhabited places along the eastern shore with the Lord. Their wonder as one miracle was followed by anoth... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE COMMANDED THE MULTITUDE TO SIT DOWN ON THE GROUND.... [ Continue Reading ]
The miracle:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE TOOK THE SEVEN LOAVES AND THE FISHES, AND GAVE THANKS, AND BRAKE THEM, AND GAVE TO HIS DISCIPLES, AND THE DISCIPLES TO THE MULTITUDE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY DID ALL EAT AND WERE FILLED; AND THEY TOOK UP OF THE BROKEN MEAT THAT WAS LEFT, SEVEN BASKETFULS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY THAT DID EAT WERE FOUR THOUSAND MEN, BESIDE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SENT AWAY THE MULTITUDE, AND TOOK SHIP, AND CAME INTO THE COASTS OF MAGDALA. Christ now took the situation wholly in hand, disgusted, probably, with the denseness of His disciples. He had the crowds sit down in an orderly manner to facilitate the distribution of the food; He took the bread an... [ Continue Reading ]