Matthew 15

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Matthew was inspired to explain the kingdom of God to the Jews and the Parthians do that they might repent of the ways of error[1] which the systems of social welfare of the cities of blood and seek the way of His righteousness.
Comments
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, states that, "Matthew 15:1-20. (is about) The True Religion and the False. A Discourse to the Pharisees, the People, and the Disciples." We must learn and know what was the meaning of Religion and the difference between Pure Religion and Public religion, the difference between legal charity and fervent charity, and of course the difference between the Corban of the Pharisees and the Corban of Christ.
The Pharisees challenged Jesus and Jesus challenged them "Why do ye also transgress the commandment"[2] and that challenge still applies to the modern Christian.
V1-9. Much evil is from ignorance, and a messenger had to be sent to them to prepare you to receive the Lord.
V1-6 Shows the world of Judaism had degenerated by the process generated by the institution of legal charity established by Herod and the Pharisees.
What were and are those tradition[3] mentioned in V2, V3 and V6 but also translated "ordinance"? And why is it defined "giving up, giving over"?
V5 Matthew does not use the term Corban but he does use the corresponding Greek term for "a gift" which is doron[4] which Mark 7:11 says is the same as Corban. Doron "refers to a present yet not always gratuitous or wholly unsuggestive of recompence;" or "money cast into the treasury for the purposes of the temple and for the support of the poor" as we see in Luke 21[5]
V6 Barnes' Notes on the Bible states "It is a gift - In Mark it is 'corban.' The word 'corban' is a Hebrew word denoting a gift." It may denote a gift but it means sacrifice in Hebrew[6] and in the Greek text we can see them translated treasury and Corban.[7]
The Pharisees challenged Jesus and Jesus challenged them in Matthew 15 and that challenge still applies to the modern Christian. In Mark 7 He names the problem of the Corban of the Pharisees that was making the word of God to none effect.
The English word tradition is defined today as "the transmission of a long-established custom or belief that has been passed on from one generation to another." or in Theology "a doctrine believed to have divine authority though not in the scriptures." The Greek term in the text is paradosis meaning "the act of giving up" and "the surrender of cities". In Greek it meant "delivery (of goods, parcels, etc" or from a military view "surrender".)[8] is also translated "ordinances". During the early days of Herod's reign as king the Pharisees moved their system of sacrifice in the temple to a different form of giving.
How do their ordinances transgress the commandments of God? Jesus mentions the one we see in Exodus 20:12 where the word honor"[9] is from the Hebrew word meaning to give a value from a word to fatten.
What we are seeing is the same challenge made in Mark 7:11 concerning the sacrifice/corban given to the temple where sons think they do not need to take care of their parents because they gave a gift/offering[4] at the temple. The same word gift is in John 9, Mark 7, and Matthew 15.
We see the fear of the blind man's parents when they might be kicked out of that social security system of the temple in John 9. The free bread of Rome also came from the temples of Rome provided by men like Herod and the Pharisees that forced the contributions of the people. It would be those "commandments of men"[10] that would be done away with by nailing it to the cross.
The people of Judea and most of the world were back in the bondage of Egypt. When the people received the baptism pf Jesus they were cast out of the Corban system of the Pharisees they were free to create a daily ministration and pursuit the Corban of Christ.
Remember V11, What cometh out ... defileth?[11] Is a repeated theme like V17-V19 but also V8 with their mouth, and ... lips; but their heart[12] is far... away from the God of heaven.


Traditions and Commandments

[1] Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

[2] Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition[3] of the elders?[13] for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

[3] But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment[2] of God by your tradition[3]?

[4] For God commanded[10], saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

[5] But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift[14], by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

[6] And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect[15] by your tradition.[3]

[7] Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

[8] This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart[12] is far from me.

[9] But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments[10] of men.

What Defiles a Person

[10] And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

[11] Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth[11] a man.

[12] Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

[13] But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

[14] Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Do you not understand

[15] Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

[16] And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

[17] Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

[18] But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart[12]; and they defile[11] the man.

[19] For out of the heart[12] proceed evil[16] thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

[20] These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth[11] not a man.

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

[21] Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

[22] And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

[23] But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

[24] But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

[25] Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

[26] But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to 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.

Jesus Heals Many

[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.

Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

[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, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

[34] And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

[35] And he commanded[17] 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 thousand men, beside women and children.

[39] And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala[18]

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  1. The way of error
    2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
    Jude 1:11 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These are spots(not "unspotted" like Pure Religion) in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;"
    Revelation 2:14-17 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication ("to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry"). 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]."
    Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."
  2. 2.0 2.1 1785 ~ἐντολή~ entole \@en-tol-ay’\@ from 1781; n f AV-commandment 69, precept 2; 71
    1) an order, command, charge, precept, injunction
    1a) that which is prescribed to one by reason of his office
    2) a commandment
    2a) a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done
    2a1) a precept relating to lineage, of the Mosaic precept concerning the priesthood
    2a2) ethically used of the commandments in the Mosaic law or Jewish tradition
    For Synonyms see entry 5918
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3862 ~παράδοσις~ paradosis \@par-ad’-os-is\@ from 3860 paradidomi the verb which is from the preposition to from 3844 para of and 1325 didomi to give; TDNT-2:172,166; {See TDNT 191} n f AV-tradition 12, ordinance 1; 13
    1) giving up, giving over
    1a) the act of giving up
    1b) the surrender of cities
    2) a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing, i.e. tradition by instruction, narrative, precept, etc.
    2a) objectively, that which is delivered, the substance of a teaching
    2b) of the body of precepts, esp. ritual, which in the opinion of the later Jews were orally delivered by Moses and orally transmitted in unbroken succession to subsequent generations, which precepts, both illustrating and expanding the written law, as they did were to be obeyed with equal reverence
    1. the act of giving up, the surrender: of cities, Polybius 9, 25, 5; Josephus, b. j. 1, 8, 6; χρημάτων, Aristotle, pol. 5, 7, 11, p. 1309{a}, 10.; 2. a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing..."
  4. 4.0 4.1 1435 δῶρον doron [do’-ron] a present; n n; TDNT-2:166,166; [{See TDNT 191 }] AV-gift 18, offering 1; 19
    1) a gift, present
    1a) gifts offered in expression of honour
    1a1) of sacrifices and other gifts offered to God
    1a2) of money cast into the treasury for the purposes of the temple and for the support of the poor
    2) the offering of a gift or of gifts
    For Synonyms see entry 5839 Doron is a Greek term that is often equivalent to the Hebrew term corban.
  5. Luke 21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts <1435> into the treasury.
  6. 07133 ^ןברק^ qorban \@kor-bawn’\@ KufReishBeitNun or ^ןברק^ qurban \@koor-bawn’\@ from 07126 KufReishBeit without the Nun is also translated offer but can mean to draw near, This is the word we see as corban in Greek 2878 ~κορβαν~; n m; {See TWOT on 2065 @@ "2065e"} AV-offering 68, oblation 12, offered 1, sacrifice 1; 82
    1) offering, oblation
  7. 2878 ~κορβᾶν~ korban \@kor-ban’\@ and ~κορβανάς~ korbanas \@kor-ban-as’\@ of Hebrew and Aramaic origin respectively 07133 ^ןברק^; TDNT-3:860,459; {See TDNT 406} n m AV-treasury 1, corban 1; 2
    1) a gift offered (or to be offered) to God
    2) the sacred treasury
    • Matthew 27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury <2878>, because it is the price of blood.
    • Mark 7:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban <2878>, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
  8. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named tradition
  9. 5091 ~τιμάω~ timao \@tim-ah’-o\@ from 5093 timios meaning something precious and valuable; TDNT-8:169,1181; {See TDNT 792} v AV-honour 19, value 2; 21
    1) to estimate, fix the value
    1a) for the value of something belonging to one’s self
    2) to honour, to have in honour, to revere, venerate
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 1781 ~ἐντέλλομαι~ entellomai \@en-tel’-lom-ahee\@ from 1722 and the base of 5056; v AV-command 10, give commandment 3, give charge 2, enjoin 1, charge 1; 17
    1) to order, command to be done, enjoin
    For Synonyms see entry 5844
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 2840 κοινόω koinoo [koy-no’-o] from 2839 adj. koinos common; v; TDNT-3:809,447; [{See TDNT 395 }] AV-defile 11, call common 2, pollute 1, unclean 1; 15
    1) to make common
    1a) to make (Levitically) unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane
    1b) to declare or count unclean
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 2588 καρδία kardia [kar-dee’-ah] prolonged from a primary kar (Latin, cor, "heart"); n f; TDNT- 3:605,415; [{See TDNT 359 }] AV-heart 159, broken hearted + 4937 1; 160
    1) the heart
    1a) that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life
    1b) denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life
    1b1) the vigour and sense of physical life
    1b2) the centre and seat of spiritual life
    1b2a) the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours
    1b2b) of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence
    1b2c) of the will and character
    1b2d) of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions
    1c) of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate
  13. Lamentations 4:13 ¶ For the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered [as] blind [men] in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; [it is] unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn [there]. 16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
    Hosea 9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, [is] planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. 14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 15 All their wickedness [is] in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes [are] revolters. 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay [even] the beloved [fruit] of their womb.
  14. 1435 δῶρον doron [do’-ron] a present; n n; TDNT-2:166,166; [{See TDNT 191 }] AV-gift 18, offering 1; 19
    1) a gift, present
    1a) gifts offered in expression of honour
    1a1) of sacrifices and other gifts offered to God
    1a2) of money cast into the treasury for the purposes of the temple and for the support of the poor
    2) the offering of a gift or of gifts
    For Synonyms see entry 5839 Doron is a Greek term that is often equivalent to the Hebrew term corban.
  15. 208 ἀκυρόω akuroo [ak-oo-ro’-o] from 1 (as a negative particle) and 2964 kuroo confirm from 2962 κύριος kurios Lord; v; TDNT-3:1099,494; [{See TDNT 419 }] AV-make of none effect 2, disannul 1; 3
    1) to render void, deprive of force and authority
  16. 4190 ~πονηρός~ poneros \@pon-ay-ros’\@ from a derivative of 4192; adj AV-evil 51, wicked 10, wicked one 6, evil things 2, misc 7; 76
    1) full of labours, annoyances, hardships
    1a) pressed and harassed by labours
    1b) bringing toils, annoyances, perils; of a time full of peril to Christian faith and steadfastness; causing pain and trouble
    2) bad, of a bad nature or condition
    2a) in a physical sense: diseased or blind
    2b) in an ethical sense: evil wicked, bad
    For Synonyms see entry 5908
    ++++ The word is used in the nominative case in #Mt 6:13. This usually denotes a title in the Greek. Hence Christ is saying, deliver us from "The Evil," and is probably referring to Satan the adversary of The Way of God.
  17. 2753 ~κελεύω~ keleuo \@kel-yoo’-o\@ from a primary kello (to urge on); ; v AV-command 24, at (one’s) command 1, give commandment 1, bid 1; 27
    1) to command, to order
  18. 3093 Μαγδαλά Magdala [mag-dal-ah’] or Μαγαδάν of Aramaic origin, cf. 04026 מִגְדָּל‎ tower; n pr loc; AV-Magdala 1; 1 Magdala  = "a tower"
    1) a place on the western shore of the Lake of Galilee, about 3 miles (5 km.) south of Tiberias