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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 15:7

Matthew 15:7 These words call us to look at three points, the first of which is the importance of plain speaking on all questions affecting the interests of truth. Jesus Christ was pre-eminently a plain speaker. He did not round His sentences for the purpose of smoothing His way. When He had occasion to administer rebuke, or to point out the errors of those who were round about Him, He spoke keenly, incisively, with powerful effect upon the mind and conscience of those who heard Him. In the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 15:7-9

DISCOURSE: 1370FORMAL WORSHIPPERS, HYPOCRITESMatthew 15:7-9. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.IN the present day, there is very little of superstitious observance in the world, and still less of Pharisaic hypocrisy; except indeed in the Church of Rome, which is still unhappily a... 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 15:7-9

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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:7

7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, Ver. 7. Well did Esaias prophesy of you ] Of such as you, and so of you too. The prophets and apostles then spake not of them only with whom they lived, and to whom they wrote (as the Jesuits blaspheme), but their oracles and doctrines do extend still to men of the same stamp and making. "In the volume of thy book it is written of me," saith David, Psalms 40:7 ; he found his own name in God’s book. And where he spake with Jacob at... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:8

8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Ver. 8. This people draweth nigh unto me, &c. ] And they are no changelings, for at this day, although they know better, and can write upon the walls of their synagogues this sentence, Tephillah belo cauvannah cheguph belo neshamah, that is, Prayer without the intention of the mind, is but as a body without a soul, yet shall not a man anywhere see less intention than... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 15:9

9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Ver. 9. But in vain do they worship me ] For they lose their labour, and, which is worse, they commit sin. Displeasing service is double dishonour, as dissembled sanctity is double iniquity. Teaching for doctrines the commandments of men ] So do Papists. The pope can do all things that Christ can do, saith Hostiensis. He can of wickedness make righteousness, saith Bellarmine; of virtue, vice; of nothing,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 15:7

hypocrites: Matthew 7:5, Matthew 23:23-Joel : well: Mark 7:6, Acts 28:25-Daniel : Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:8 - General Psalms 73:27 - lo Isaiah 10:6 - against Isaiah 29:13 - Forasmuch Isaiah 58:2 - they seek Matthew 6:2 - as Matthew 16:3 - O ye Luke 13:15 - Thou hypocrite Luke 18:12 - fast John 4:23 - true John 8:48 - Say John 12:38 - Esaias 1 Peter 2:1 - hypocrisies read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 15:8

draweth: Isaiah 29:13, Ezekiel 33:31, John 1:47, 1 Peter 3:10 but: Proverbs 23:26, Jeremiah 12:2, Acts 8:21, Hebrews 3:12 Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:3 - the fat Leviticus 13:8 - General 1 Samuel 7:3 - prepare 1 Samuel 21:7 - detained 1 Kings 12:32 - like unto Psalms 17:1 - not out of feigned lips Psalms 73:27 - lo Isaiah 45:19 - Seek Isaiah 48:1 - not in truth Jeremiah 2:5 - are gone Jeremiah 34:15 - ye Jeremiah 42:1 - came Ezekiel 20:3 - As I Ezekiel 33:30 - Come John 4:24 - must Ephesians... read more

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