Matthew 15:1-28

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Matthew 15:28

Mr. Fearing Comforted and Carte Blanche Mr. Fearing Comforted April 3rd, 1859 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" Matthew 14:31 . It seems as if doubt were doomed to be the perpetual companion of faith. As dust attends the chariotwheels so do doubts naturally becloud faith. Some men of little faith are perpetually enshrouded with fears; their faith seems only strong enough to enable them to doubt. If they had no faith at all, then they would... 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 15:1

Matthew 15:1Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?Pharisaic evasionsI. The worst form of hypocrisy is that which sets aside plain moral duties on the plea that they binder spiritual worship; for, if done as in God’s presence, they are spiritual worship.II. No moral duty is more clearly expressed, either in the Bible or in the heart, than that of obeying, honouring, and ministering to parents.1. They are the first of our fellow-creatures towards whom we have... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 15:4

Matthew 15:4Honour thy father and mother.The duty of children to honour their parentsI. What is it to honour parents? To obey them in all that is right, when they require it. To do what is right whether they require it or not. To respect their feelings in reference to the choice of companions or of a profession. To act on all occasions so as not to make their parents ashamed of their conduct.II. Insist on the duty which this commandment enjoins on children. By so doing they will obtain the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 15:7-9

Matthew 15:7-9This people draweth near to Me with their mouth.Lip professionI. Show who they are who answer to the description in the text. All merely nominal Christians. Formal, self-righteous persons. False professors.II. Expostulate with them on their folly. Is not conformity to Christ’s demand of the heart practicable? Is not such consecration to Him necessary? Will not merely a feigned allegiance be disowned by Him? Shall we Hot wish at last that we had been sincere and upright? (Pulpit... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 15:13

Matthew 15:13Every plant, which My heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.Plants God has not planted1. What is meant by plants.(a) Every doctrine:(b) Every practice:(c) Every person.2. Some plants God never planted.(a) What is meant by planting? Planting is setting or putting things into the ground, as trees, herbs, flowers. So mystical planting denotes the transplanting (in a spiritual way) this or that person, from a course of open profaneness into a visible profession.(b) Who... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 15:14

Matthew 15:14They be blind leaders of the blind. Blind guidesThe bankrupt who asks a bankrupt to set him up in business again, is only losing time. The pauper who travels off to a neighbouring pauper, and begs him to help him out of difficulties, is only troubling himself in vain. The prisoner does not beg his fellow-prisoner to set him free. The shipwrecked sailor does not call on his shipwrecked comrade to place him safe ashore. Help in all these cases must come from some other quarter.... 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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 15:21

Matthew 15:21; Matthew 15:28Then Jesus went thence and departed Into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.The woman of CanaanI. What made the faith of this woman so remarkable?1. She had much against her in her original circumstances. In the eye of a Jew she belonged to the most hated of all the Gentile races. There was a frontier line of dislike to cross, far wider than any distance between Tyre and Palestine. Yet it did not keep her from finding her way to the great Teacher of the Jewish nation.2.... read more

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