Matthew 15:8

1 Peter 3:10; Acts 8:21; Ezekiel 33:31; Hebrews 3:12; Isaiah 29:13; Jeremiah 12:2; John 1:47; Proverbs 23:26

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 7:1-9 . Then came to Jesus ... - Mark says that they saw the disciples of Jesus eating with unwashed hands. Matthew 15:2...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Washing of Hands and the Traditions of the Elders ( Mark 7:1-23 *). Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

This people. Quoted from Isaiah 29:13 . See App-107 and App-117. is far . keepeth far distant. from . away from. Greek. apo . App-104.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1370 FORMAL WORSHIPPERS, HYPOCRITES Matthew 15:7-9 . Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Their heart is far from me - T...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye hypocrites, &c.— See note on Isaiah 29:13 . In St. Mark, our Lord makes this citation at the beginning of his discourse, Mark 7:6-7 . Poss...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. This people draweth nigh...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Traditions of the Elders. The Canaanitish Woman. Feeding the Four Thousand 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders ( Mark 7:1 )....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Isaiah 29:13 . The passage, which is paraphrased rather than quoted, appears in the same form in St. Mark.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This people draweth nigh unto me. — The quotation is given substantially from the Greek version of Isaiah. We have already seen in Matthew 13:14...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Truth above Men's Teaching Matthew 15:1-9 The legal washing of hands before eating was especially sacred in the eyes of the Pharisees. “H...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, (2) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth ,.... The preface to these words, or the form in which they are introduced by the prophet; "wheref...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 drawet...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye hypocrites To substitute superstitious observances of man's invention, in the place of obedience to God's commands, is downright hypocrisy; it i...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusal...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jesus Reproves the Scribes and Pharisees. 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharis...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 15:9 " .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Challenge From Jerusalem (15:1-9). In Chapter s 11-12, after the discourse in chapter 10, Matthew had begun by drawing attention to the impris...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, “This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But in vain do they...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 15:1 . Of Jerusalem. — From Jerusalem (see R.V.). Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin sent expressly to watch Him....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1-2 . Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the el...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1 . Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, They had taken a journey to come and attack him; perha...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1 . Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 15:1-14 . then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the e...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 au...
The Biblical Illustrator

This people draweth near to Me with their mouth. Lip profession I. Show who they are who answer to the description in the text. All merely nomi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 15:1-40 Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. ( Mark 7:1-41 .) Matthew 15:1 Then . This is after the thir...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ substantiates His attack:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoreth Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Their heart is far from me — And without this all outward worship is mere mockery of God. Isaiah 29:13 .

⁸ This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 15:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 15:8