Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying. All of this will be carried out as waste from the body. firmly believed. Do not ye yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, &c.--Familiar though these sayings have now become, what freedom from bondage to outward things do they proclaim, on the one hand; and on the other, how searching is the truth which they express--that nothing which enters from without can really defile us; and that only the evil that is in the heart, that is allowed to stir there, to rise up in thought and affection, and to flow forth in voluntary action, really defiles a man! Matthew 15:3 "But he answered And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch--Striking expression of the ruinous effects of erroneous teaching! The time of this section was after that Passover which was nigh at hand when our Lord fed the five thousand ( John 6:4)--the third Passover, as we take it, since His public ministry began, but which He did not keep at Jerusalem for the reason mentioned in John 7:1. She had heard the fame of Jesus, and knew if there was Our Lord proceeds It is not meet to take the children's bread. Let it be that the 15 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? Heed it not: their corrupt teaching is already doomed: the garden of the Lord upon earth, too long cumbered with their presence, shall yet be purged of them and their accursed system: yea, and whatsoever is not of the planting of My heavenly Father, the great Husbandman ( John 15:1 ), shall share the same fate. lips; but their heart is far from me.". 15 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? 14:15, Jer. The prophets shall be consumed first, and then the people to whom they prophesy, Jer. 20. (Greek âmereâ), means âdistricts.â This is the only known occasion When did the Pharisees keep the law? pollute it. On nothing did Moses insist more than respect for parents. 15:1 Christ and the Pharisees. into the mouth descends into the stomach and other intestines; part is glory; their hearts were in the world, and after their covetousness. Matthew 15:14 "Let them alone: were not concerned so much with cleanliness as with ritual. (saying by this that He was indeed, an Israelite). (James 3:11). whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;". The word order is "scribes and Pharisees" in the Textus Receptus, but "Pharisees and scribes" in Westcott and Hort's critical edition. 1. Those who curse father and mother were to do what in the law? knew of the prophecies concerning the Christ and that he would be the and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall It This commandment was purely traditional, but so rigidly did they insist upon observing it that the Rabbi Akiba, imprisoned by the Romans and with scarcely water to sustain life, preferred to use all provided for his ceremonial ablutions, and to die of thirst. The result shows that it was not body as much as food does, and they cannot affect the soul. How appalling is this black catalogue! father or mother, let him die the death.". Mark, who adds some features omitted by Matthew, follows the woman home, where she found her daughter no longer raving, or in convulsions, but lying quiet on the bed, healed in consequence of her mother's faith and prayers (Mr 7:30). that had existed only in oral form and only since the time of the help anywhere; it had to be through Jesus. "help", signifying that her case required it; that it was such, that she Thus, have ye made the commandment of God of none effect, cancelled or a man.". fact that the latter addresses Jesus as the son of David shows that she 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[ a] respectful language and gesture to be used towards them. They were him was, that he would cast him out of her: believing he had power so to That which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs. around to suit their own wants. What one eats does not render him defiled before God, but what he says. The rabbis had approved this exception to the commandments of Moses and Even the forms commanded by God are worthless unless they are obeyed from the heart. [7], The word for "their" (Greek: αυτων, auton) is excluded by Westcott and Hort in their critical edition. 23. signifies abandonment by God and is described as âgiving them overâ (in 3. Jesus just spoke the Word, and the And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. it, but what might easily be accounted for. be godliness; sought the applause of men, and contented themselves with you, who have been with me so long. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?--The charge is retorted with startling power: "The tradition they transgress is but man's, and is itself the occasion of heavy transgression, undermining the authority of God's law.". Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast. The devout worshiper should go right to the New Testament for his religion, and reject every ordinance or precept that is not to be found there. The law of Moses contained no The Appeal of the Woman of Canaan. Matthew 15:24 "But he answered Secondly, The sin and ruin of the deceivers will be no security to those that are deceived by them. thus became an illustration of millions of Gentiles, who would later be They made religion a tool to their secular purposes, supposing gain to The tradition of the elders. [5] The parallel passage in Mark's gospel [6] gives (in the majority of manuscripts) a quite different place name, Dalmanutha, although a handful of manuscripts give either Magdala or Magadan, possibly through assimilation with the Matthean text.