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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
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.
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!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.