Bible Studies

After Jesus fed the 4000 at the end of Chapter 15, He turns His ministry toward the disciples. The 3-year public ministry has ended and intentional training for the disciples has begun. In the passage we’re looking at in this study, Jesus is tested once again by the Pharisees and Sadducees who were determined to […]

After Jesus teaches about the necessity of having hearts near to God in the first part of Chapter 15, Matthew shows us two more miraculous stories. First, Jesus heals a gentile woman who show’s great humility. Then Jesus once again feeds a multitude. This time 4,000 people. Jesus’ compassion is on full display! GREAT FAITH

Fresh off another argument with the Pharisees and scribes in the previous ten verses of Matthew 15, Jesus teaches a crowd of people on matters of the ‘heart’. The pharisees and scribes traveled 90 miles to accuse him of transgressing the ‘Tradition of the Elders’ regarding hand washing. Rather than argue with them about the

In this Chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus has His second showdown with the Sanhedrin. An accusation is made that Jesus and His disciples don’t observe the proper hand washing required in the ‘Tradition of the Elders’. Jesus rebukes both the Tradition of the Elders and the hypocrisy of the accusers! THE QUESTION Jesus