The Strand Study Bible

MATTHEW 15:24

MATTHEW 16:12

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saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep 1 of the house of Israel . 25 Then came she and 2 worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not 3 meet to take the 4 children’s bread, 5 and to cast it to 6 dogs . 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt . And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. Multitudes are healed around Decapolis (S/A - Mk 7:31-37) 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. CHRIST feeds 4,000 men plus women and children (S/A - Mk 8:1-9) 32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way . 33 And his disciples say unto him, 7 Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 34 And Jesus saith unto them, Howmany loaves have ye ? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that

was left seven baskets full. 38 And they that did eat were four thou- sand men, beside women and children. The Pharisees and Sadducees ask CHRIST to show them a sign (S/A - Mk 8:10-26) 39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. Matthew 16 1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a 8 sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red . 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times ? CHRIST’S death, burial, and resurrection (Fulfilled - Mt 27:50-28:6 - AD 32) 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the 9 SIGN of the prophet Jonas . And he left them, and departed. P 5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the 10 leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees . 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. 8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little 11 faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread ? 9 Do ye not yet understand, 12 neither remember the five loaves of the five thou- sand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees ?

1. Mt 10:5-6 & Rom 15:8 2. Exo 20:3 3. or, “right” 4. that is, “the promises to the children of Israel” 5. Mt 7:6 6. or, “Gentiles” 7. II Ki 4:42-44 8. Mt 12:38 & I Cor 1:22 9. or, “sign of the resurrection” - Acts 13:33-35 Fulfilled - Mt 27:50-28:6 (Christ’s Death, Burial, and Resurrection) (See - Jonah 1:17) 10. or, “religious doctrine” – vs 12 and Lk 8:15 & 12:1 11. or, “understanding of the Word of God” vs 9,11 12. Mt 14:13-21

12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 15:31 Like CHRIST , we who believe are to help the helpless both in this world ( and he healed them – vs 30) and in the world to