Matthew 15:1-28

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:10

10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Ver. 10. And he called the multitude ] The Pharisees, those deaf adders, since they would not be charmed, Christ will lose no more sweet words upon them; but turns them up as desperate, with this inscription on their foreheads: Noluerunt incantari; I would have healed these hypocrites, but they would not be healed. Yea, "When I would have healed Ephraim, then" (to cross me) "their iniquity was discovered," as the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:11

11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Ver. 11. Not that which goeth into the man, &c. ] Whether with clean or foul hands, taken meat makes not the man guilty of God’s wrath. What! not if abused to surfeiting and drunkenness? saith Bellarmine, who is angry with Christ for this doctrine (as making against theirs directly), and therefore seeks to disprove him. We answer for and with Christ: that he speaks here of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:12

12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? Ver. 12. Knowest thou that the Pharisees, &c. ] q.d. Why dost thou then thus call the people to thee, and exclude them? It was a commendable charity in the disciples, to desire the better information of those that had cautiously accused them,Matthew 15:2; Matthew 15:2 , and to tender their salvation. "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." ... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:13

13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Ver. 13. Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted ] viz. By election, and watered by vocation. These Pharisees were reprobates, designed to detection here, and to destruction hereafter. Therefore as it is no wonder, so it is no matter, though they "stumble at the word, being disobedient, since hereunto they were appointed,"1 Peter 2:8; 1 Peter 2:8 . Let them "stumble, and... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:14

14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Ver. 14. Let them alone ] A dreadful doom; like that, Hosea 4:14 ; "I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom," &c. No so great punishment as not to be punished. And,Hosea 4:17; Hosea 4:17 ; of that same chapter, "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone:" q.d. he hath made a match with mischief, he shall have his belly full of it. Never was... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:15

15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. Ver. 15. Declare unto us this parable ] It was no parable, but a plain discourse, and easy to be understood, had not they been dull of hearing, and somewhat soured with the pharisaical leaven of the necessity of washing hands before meat: though for that time, by a singular providence of God, they neglected; which both gave occasion to the Pharisees’ quarrel, and to this question, whereto our Saviour maketh a most plain... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:16

16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Ver. 16. Do not ye yet understand? ] What! not at these years, and after so long standing? Will ye stand till ye wax sour again, and not give yourselves wholly to these things, that your profiting may appear to all? a Is it not a shame to have no more wit at sixty years old than at six? to be "always learning, yet never come to the knowledge of the truth?" God expects a proportion of skill and holiness according to the time and means... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:17

17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? Ver. 17. Whatsoever entereth in at the mouth ] In nature, Animantis cuiusque vita est fuga. Life, were it not for the repair by daily nourishment, would be soon extinguished, Hence it is called, "The life of our hand," because maintained by the labour of our hands, Isaiah 5:7 ; Isaiah 5:10 . But that which our Saviour here driveth at is, to set forth the ridiculous... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:18

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. Ver. 18. Come forth from the heart ] That forth of sin and fountain of folly; for "as a fountain casteth forth her waters, so doth the heart of man cast out its wickedness," Jeremiah 6:7 ; and if the tongue be "a world of wickedness," James 3:6 , what is the heart, that seminary of sin, wherein is a πανσπερμια , as Empedocles saith in Aristotle. a In this sea are not only that leviathan the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:19

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: Ver. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts ] These are the first and immediate issue of the sinful soul; words and deeds, borborology a and enormity, follow in their order. "And I dare be bold to say," saith a reverend divine, b "that though the act contract the guilt, because the lust is then grown up to a height, so that it is come to an absolute will in... read more

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