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Themes in Matthew 15
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Themes in Matthew 15

Matthew 15:1

Then some Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,

Matthew 15:2

“Why do Your disciples violate the tradition (religious laws) handed down by the [Jewish] elders? For Your disciples do not [ceremonially] wash their hands before they eat.”

Matthew 15:3

He replied to them, “Why also do you violate the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition [handed down by the elders]?

Matthew 15:4

For God said [through Moses], ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of or insults or treats improperly father or mother is to be put to death.’

Matthew 15:5

But you say, ‘If anyone says to his father or mother, “Whatever [money or resource that] I have that would help you is [already dedicated and] given to God,”

Matthew 15:6

he is not to honor his father or his mother [by helping them with their need].’ So by this you have invalidated the word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect] for the sake of your tradition [handed down by the elders].

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said,

Matthew 15:8


‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.

Matthew 15:9


‘But in vain do they worship Me,
For they teach as doctrines the precepts of men.’”

Matthew 15:10

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said, “Listen and understand this:

Matthew 15:11

It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that defiles and dishonors him, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles and dishonors him.”

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came and said to Jesus, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard you say this?”

Matthew 15:13

He answered, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be torn up by the roots.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone; they are blind guides [leading blind followers]. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 15:15

Peter asked Him, “Explain this parable [about what defiles a person] to us.”

Matthew 15:16

And He said, “Are you still so dull [and unable to put things together]?

Matthew 15:17

Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?

Matthew 15:18

But whatever [word] comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what defiles and dishonors the man.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts and plans, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slanders (verbal abuse, irreverent speech, blaspheming).

Matthew 15:20

These are the things which defile and dishonor the man; but eating with [ceremonially] unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

Matthew 15:21

After leaving there, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 15:22

And a Canaanite woman from that district came out and began to cry out [urgently], saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David (Messiah); my daughter is cruelly possessed by a demon.”

Matthew 15:23

But He did not say a word in answer to her. And His disciples came and asked Him [repeatedly], “Send her away, because she keeps shouting out after us.”

Matthew 15:24

He answered, “I was commissioned by God and sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 15:25

But she came and began to kneel down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

Matthew 15:26

And He replied, “It is not good (appropriate, fair) to take the children’s bread and throw it to the pet dogs.”

Matthew 15:27

She said, “Yes, Lord; but even the pet dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their [young] masters’ table.”

Matthew 15:28

Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, your faith [your personal trust and confidence in My power] is great; it will be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that moment.

Matthew 15:29

Jesus went on from there and passed along by [the eastern shore of] the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on the hillside and was sitting there.

Matthew 15:30

And great crowds came to Him, bringing with them the lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they put them down at His feet; and He healed them.

Matthew 15:31

So the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they praised and glorified the God of Israel.

Matthew 15:32

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the crowd, because they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, because they might faint [from exhaustion] on the way [home].”

Matthew 15:33

The disciples said to Him, “Where are we to get enough bread in this isolated place to feed so large a crowd?”

Matthew 15:34

And Jesus asked them, “How many loaves [of bread] do you have?” They replied, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

Matthew 15:35

He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Matthew 15:36

and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and when He had given thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the people.

Matthew 15:37

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they gathered up seven full baskets of the broken pieces that were left over.

Matthew 15:38

[Among] those who ate were 4,000 men, not counting women and children.

Matthew 15:39

Then Jesus sent the crowds away, got into the boat and went to the district of Magadan.
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