Category: Matthew 15
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Jesus Feeds the Crowd
(Matthew 15:29-39) Jesus feeds the crowd again in this section. This is the second miracle where Jesus feeds the crowd with just a few loaves and fishes. The details of this miracle are similar to when Jesus feeds the crowd of five thousand. In this case we see there are four thousand men plus women…
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Jesus Healing People
(Matthew 15:29-31) Jesus healing people was a large part of why people followed him around. It would be no different today. When you consider the amount of sickness in the world today, and back in Jesus’ day, Jesus healing people was almost a full time job. But the message he had to give was not…
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Crumbs from the Master’s Table – The Canaanite Woman’s Faith
(Matthew 15:21-28) The teaching about the Canaanite woman’s faith, sometimes referred to as feeding on crumbs from the master’s table, is an unusual one. Some people argue that the Lord was being cold or unkind in his treatment of the Canaanite woman in this teaching. However that is not the case. This woman was following…
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What Comes Out Defiles a Man
(Matthew 15:10-20) Jesus gave this parable about what comes out of a man and eating with unwashed hands after upbraiding the Pharisees and scribes about upholding traditions. He was concerned about matters of the spirit and not physical issues. Eating with unwashed hands was about a physical issue, but it is what comes out of…
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Traditions of Men Versus the Word of God
(Matthew 15:1-9) The scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus asking why the disciples did not observe the tradition of the elders regarding the washing of their hands before eating. Jesus used the opportunity to teach about the traditions of men versus the word of god. The scribes and Pharisees had many traditions of men, many…
