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James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 15:19

EVIL THOUGHTS‘For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts.’ Matthew 15:19 The depravity of man is a fact attested by history and experience. The source of the depravity is spiritual; the evil is enthroned in the thoughts. I. Evil thoughts.( a) Vain thoughts. Not of a directly noxious quality; yet, light, empty, trifling, and insignificant, they form a most fearful waste of the noble faculty of thought.( b) Thoughts of a directly irreligious tendency. Impious and unworthy conceptions of God;... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:1-39

Jesus Is Confirmed As The Son of God, Begins To Establish His New Congregation, Reaches Out To Gentiles, Is Acknowledged As Messiah By His Disciples, and Reveals His Inherent Glory (13:53-17:27). The advance of the Kingly Rule of Heaven leading up to the final consummation having been made clear by His parables Jesus is now confirmed as the Son of God (Matthew 14:33; Matthew 16:16; Matthew 18:26) and begins to establish a new open community (Matthew 14:13-21; Matthew 15:32-39; Matthew 16:18;... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:18

“But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.” On the other hand the things which can really defile a man religiously and morally (parallel ideas in those days) are the things that are revealed by what comes from the mouth in the words that a man speaks (compare Matthew 12:36-37). For it is they which come from the heart, and demonstrate what is in the heart. They, as it were, reproduce what is in the inner man. ‘Out of the mouth.’ This is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:19

“For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings.” Here ‘evil thoughts’ is probably a summary of what is then given in detail. Thus the idea here is that evil thoughts come from the ‘heart’ (that is, from the mind and will and inner being of a man). And that these evil thoughts then reveal themselves in such behaviour as murder, adultery, all sexually irresponsible behaviour, theft, and false witness. Note that here in Matthew... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 15:1-20

Matthew 15:1-Proverbs : . The Washing of Hands and the Traditions of the Elders ( Mark 7:1-Isaiah : *).— Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark 7:3 f. and the technical term “ Corban,” turns the statement of Mark 7:9 into a question ( Matthew 15:3), and puts the quotation from Isaiah as a climax after the “ Corban” passage. He also substitutes “ God” ( Matthew 15:4) for “ Moses” ( Mark 7:10) to heighten the antithesis with “ But you say” ( Matthew 15:5),... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 15:17-20

Mark hath this, with very small difference in words, Mark 7:18-23; only he specifies some more sins than Matthew enumerates. The sum of what our Saviour saith is this: That all sin proceedeth from lust, some desires in the heart of man after things forbidden in the law of God. All the ticklings of our hearts with such thoughts, all the willings and desires of such things, though they never issue in overt acts, yet defile and pollute a man; and from these inward motions of the heart proceed... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 15:1-20

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 15:1. Of Jerusalem.—From Jerusalem (see R.V.). Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin sent expressly to watch Him.Matthew 15:2. Transgress the tradition.—The Jews attached greater value to tradition than even to the written law, appealing in support of it to Deuteronomy 4:14; Deuteronomy 17:10 (Meyer). Wash not their hands.—The custom of washing the hands before a meal was not only a cleanly and desirable one, but was rendered absolutely necessary by the habits of the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 15:1-39

Chapter 15Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were from Jerusalem ( Matthew 15:1 ),Hey, these guys had come a long way to challenge Him. They came all the way from Jerusalem clear up to Galilee, which was about a journey of over a week from Jerusalem to Galilee. So they came up to the Galilee and they said,Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? ( Matthew 15:2 )Now the Jews of course had the written law. But on top of the written law, they had developed the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 15:1-39

Matthew 15:2 . Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he who eats with hands unwashed is worthy of death! Rabbi Jose is rather more mild, in saying, the sin is the same as though he cohabited illicitly with a woman! They alleged in defence of those censures, that a man might have touched unawares something unclean. Surely the Lord justly called those... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 15:17-20

Matthew 15:17-20For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts. Our evil thoughtsI. When may your thoughts be counted voluntary, and we be truly and justly answerable for then?1. When evil thoughts are plainly occasioned by anything that was voluntary in us, then they are to be accounted voluntary and sinful.2. When evil thoughts proceed from gross, supine negligence and carelessness, then we are accountable for them; when we keep no guard at all over our minds and fancies, but give them free... read more

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