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Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:1 JFB -> Commentary on 15:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:1 PNT -> Commentary on 15:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:1 TFG -> Commentary on 15:1 TSK -> Commentary on 15:1 TSK -> Entry for 15:1 WEN -> Notes on 15:1 NTB -> Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Pharisees; Scribe (S) TTT -> Hypocrites EBD -> Capernaum SBD -> Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 15:1 WJD -> Devotional using 15:1 15:1 - [In Context] Then some Pharisees F202 and teachers of the law came to Jesus. They came from Jerusalem and asked Jesus,
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:2 JFB -> Commentary on 15:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:2 PNT -> Commentary on 15:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:2 TFG -> Commentary on 15:2 TSK -> Commentary on 15:2 TSK -> Entry for 15:2 WEN -> Notes on 15:2 NTB -> Ablution; Eating; Ecclesiasticism; Government; Hand; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Pharisees; Purification; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Diet of the Jews, The; Hands, The; Hypocrites; Purifications or Baptisms EBD -> Capernaum; Tradition SBD -> Medicine; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 15:2 WJD -> Devotional using 15:2 15:2 - [In Context] "Why do your followers not obey the rules given to us by our great people that lived before us? Your followers don't wash their hands before they eat!"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:3 JFB -> Commentary on 15:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:3 PNT -> Commentary on 15:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:3 TFG -> Commentary on 15:3 TSK -> Commentary on 15:3 TSK -> Entry for 15:3 WEN -> Notes on 15:3 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Pharisees; Sin; Teachers; Tradition; Word Of God TTT -> Hypocrites EBD -> Capernaum; Tradition SBD -> Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 15:3 WJD -> Devotional using 15:3 15:3 - [In Context] Jesus answered, "And why do you refuse to obey God's command so that you can follow those rules you have?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:4 JFB -> Commentary on 15:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:4 PNT -> Commentary on 15:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:4 TFG -> Commentary on 15:4 TSK -> Commentary on 15:4 TSK -> Entry for 15:4 WEN -> Notes on 15:4 NTB -> Children; Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Mother; Pharisees; Quotations And Allusions; Sin; Teachers; Tradition EBD -> Capernaum; Pharisees; Tradition SBD -> Proverbs, Book of; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 15:4 WJD -> Devotional using 15:4 15:4 - [In Context] God said, 'You must honor (respect) your father and mother.' F203 And God also said, 'Any person that says bad things to his father or mother must be killed.' F204
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:5 JFB -> Commentary on 15:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:5 PNT -> Commentary on 15:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:5 SRN -> Study Notes on 15:5 TFG -> Commentary on 15:5 TSK -> Commentary on 15:5 TSK -> Entry for 15:5 WEN -> Notes on 15:5 NTB -> Children; Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Mother; Pharisees; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Children; Dedication EBD -> Capernaum; Tradition SBD -> Corban; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 15:5 WJD -> Devotional using 15:5 15:5 - [In Context] But you teach that a person can say to his father or mother, 'I have something I could use to help you. But I will not use it to help you. I will give it to God.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:6 JFB -> Commentary on 15:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:6 PNT -> Commentary on 15:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:6 TFG -> Commentary on 15:6 TSK -> Commentary on 15:6 TSK -> Entry for 15:6 WEN -> Notes on 15:6 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Mother; Pharisees; Sin; Teachers; Tradition EBD -> Capernaum; Tradition SBD -> Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 15:6 WJD -> Devotional using 15:6 15:6 - [In Context] You teach that person to not honor his father. So you teach that it is not important to do what God said. You think that it is more important to follow those rules you have.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:7 JFB -> Commentary on 15:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:7 PNT -> Commentary on 15:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:7 TFG -> Commentary on 15:7 TSK -> Commentary on 15:7 TSK -> Entry for 15:7 WEN -> Notes on 15:7 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Government; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Pharisees; Quotations And Allusions; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Jews, The; Reproof EBD -> Capernaum SBD -> Pharisees WJD -> Devotional using 15:7 WJD -> Devotional using 15:7 15:7 - [In Context] You are hypocrites F205 ! Isaiah was right when he spoke about you. Isaiah said:
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:8 JFB -> Commentary on 15:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:8 PNT -> Commentary on 15:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:8 TSK -> Commentary on 15:8 TSK -> Entry for 15:8 WEN -> Notes on 15:8 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Formalism; Government; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Pharisees; Quotations And Allusions; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Heart, Character of the Unrenewed; Hypocrites; Jews, The EBD -> Capernaum; Pharisees SBD -> Pharisees WJD -> Devotional using 15:8 WJD -> Devotional using 15:8 15:8 - [In Context] 'These people say they honor me, but they don't really make me an important part of their lives.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:9 JFB -> Commentary on 15:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:9 PNT -> Commentary on 15:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:9 TSK -> Commentary on 15:9 TSK -> Entry for 15:9 WEN -> Notes on 15:9 NTB -> Commandments; Doctrines; Ecclesiasticism; Formalism; Government; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Quotations And Allusions; Sin; Teachers; Tradition; Word Of God TTT -> Hypocrites; Jews, The EBD -> Capernaum WJD -> Devotional using 15:9 WJD -> Devotional using 15:9 15:9 - [In Context] Their worship of me is for nothing. The things they teach are only rules that people have made.'" R15
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:10 JFB -> Commentary on 15:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:10 PNT -> Commentary on 15:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:10 TFG -> Commentary on 15:10 TSK -> Commentary on 15:10 TSK -> Entry for 15:10 WEN -> Notes on 15:10 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Jesus, The Christ; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Parables EBD -> Capernaum WJD -> Devotional using 15:10 WJD -> Devotional using 15:10 15:10 - [In Context] Jesus called the people to him. Jesus said, "Listen and understand what I am saying.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:11 JFB -> Commentary on 15:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:11 PNT -> Commentary on 15:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:11 TSK -> Commentary on 15:11 TSK -> Entry for 15:11 WEN -> Notes on 15:11 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Jesus, The Christ; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Defilement; Offence; Parables EBD -> Capernaum WJD -> Devotional using 15:11 WJD -> Devotional using 15:11 15:11 - [In Context] It is not the things a person puts in his mouth that make him wrong. F206 It is the things a person says with his mouth that make him wrong."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:12 JFB -> Commentary on 15:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:12 PNT -> Commentary on 15:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:12 TFG -> Commentary on 15:12 TSK -> Commentary on 15:12 TSK -> Entry for 15:12 WEN -> Notes on 15:12 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Jesus, The Christ; Pharisees; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Offence; Parables; Pharisees, The EBD -> Capernaum WJD -> Devotional using 15:12 WJD -> Devotional using 15:12 15:12 - [In Context] Then the followers came to Jesus and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees F207 are angry because of what you said?"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:13 JFB -> Commentary on 15:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:13 PNT -> Commentary on 15:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:13 TFG -> Commentary on 15:13 TSK -> Commentary on 15:13 TSK -> Entry for 15:13 WEN -> Notes on 15:13 NTB -> Commandments; Doctrines; Ecclesiasticism; God; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Sin; Teachers; Tradition; Wicked (People) TTT -> Parables EBD -> Capernaum WJD -> Devotional using 15:13 WJD -> Devotional using 15:13 15:13 - [In Context] Jesus answered, "Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted himself will be pulled up by the roots.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:14 JFB -> Commentary on 15:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:14 PNT -> Commentary on 15:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:14 TFG -> Commentary on 15:14 TSK -> Commentary on 15:14 TSK -> Entry for 15:14 WEN -> Notes on 15:14 NTB -> Blindness; Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian; Reprobacy; Sin; Teachers; Tradition; Wicked (People) TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Ministers; Parables; Wicked, The, are compared to EBD -> Blind; Capernaum WJD -> Devotional using 15:14 WJD -> Devotional using 15:14 15:14 - [In Context] Stay away from the Pharisees. F208 They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, then both men will fall into a hole."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:15 JFB -> Commentary on 15:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:15 PNT -> Commentary on 15:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:15 TSK -> Commentary on 15:15 TSK -> Entry for 15:15 WEN -> Notes on 15:15 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Jesus, The Christ; Peter; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Parables EBD -> Capernaum WJD -> Devotional using 15:15 WJD -> Devotional using 15:15 15:15 - [In Context] Peter said, "Explain to us what you said earlier to the people."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:16 JFB -> Commentary on 15:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:16 PNT -> Commentary on 15:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:16 TSK -> Commentary on 15:16 TSK -> Entry for 15:16 WEN -> Notes on 15:16 NTB -> Chiding; Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Jesus, The Christ; Sin; Teachers; Tradition EBD -> Capernaum WJD -> Devotional using 15:16 WJD -> Devotional using 15:16 15:16 - [In Context] Jesus said, "You still have trouble understanding?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:17 JFB -> Commentary on 15:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:17 PNT -> Commentary on 15:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:17 TSK -> Commentary on 15:17 TSK -> Entry for 15:17 WEN -> Notes on 15:17 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Jesus, The Christ; Sin; Teachers; Tradition EBD -> Capernaum; Draught-house WJD -> Devotional using 15:17 WJD -> Devotional using 15:17 15:17 - [In Context] Surely you know that all the food that enters a person's mouth goes into the stomach. Then that food goes out of the body.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:18 JFB -> Commentary on 15:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:18 PNT -> Commentary on 15:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:18 TSK -> Commentary on 15:18 TSK -> Entry for 15:18 WEN -> Notes on 15:18 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Heart; Jesus, The Christ; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Defilement; Fountains and Springs; Rebellion Against God; Salutations EBD -> Capernaum; Heart UTM -> Devotional using 15:18 WJD -> Devotional using 15:18 WJD -> Devotional using 15:18 15:18 - [In Context] But the bad things a person says with his mouth come from the way a person thinks. And these are the things that make a person wrong. F209
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:19 JFB -> Commentary on 15:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:19 PNT -> Commentary on 15:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:19 TSK -> Commentary on 15:19 TSK -> Entry for 15:19 WEN -> Notes on 15:19 NTB -> Adultery; Blasphemy; Commandments; Crime; Depravity Of Man; Ecclesiasticism; False Teachers; Heart; Homicide; Jesus, The Christ; Sin; Teachers; Theft And Thieves; Tradition TTT -> Blasphemy; Fall of Man, The; Fountains and Springs; Malice; Murder; Rebellion Against God; Sin; Slander; Theft EBD -> Capernaum UTM -> Devotional using 15:19 WJD -> Devotional using 15:19 WJD -> Devotional using 15:19 15:19 - [In Context] All these bad things begin in a person's mind: evil thoughts, murder, adultery, F210 sexual sins, stealing, lying, saying bad things against other people.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 15:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 15:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 15:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 15:20 JFB -> Commentary on 15:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:20 PNT -> Commentary on 15:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 15:20 TSK -> Commentary on 15:20 TSK -> Entry for 15:20 WEN -> Notes on 15:20 NTB -> Commandments; Ecclesiasticism; Heart; Jesus, The Christ; Sin; Teachers; Tradition TTT -> Defilement; Malice; Theft EBD -> Capernaum UTM -> Devotional using 15:20 WJD -> Devotional using 15:20 WJD -> Devotional using 15:20 15:20 - [In Context] These things make a person wrong. But not washing his hands before he eats does not make a person wrong."
FOOTNOTES: F202: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F203: 'You must honor … mother'   Quote from Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16. F204: 'Any person … killed'   Quote from Ex. 21:17. F205: hypocrites   Bad people that act like they are good. F206: wrong   Literally, "unclean" or "not pure." F207: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F208: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F209: wrong   Literally, "unclean" or "not pure." F210: adultery   Breaking a marriage promise by sexual sin.
CROSS REFERENCES: R15: Isaiah 29:13

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.