Matthew 12:1-14
The Sabbath Law
Matthew 12:15-21
Preaching Teaching and Healing
Matthew 12:22-37
What is The Unpardonable Sin
Matthew 12:46-50
Need For Personal Relationship With Jesus
Matthew 13:1-9
Teaching in Parables
Matthew 13:10-17
The Secret Message
Matthew 13:18-30
The Parable of The Seeds
Matthew 13:24-35
Stories About a Mustard Seed And Yeast
Matthew 13:36-43
The Story About The Weeds
Matthew 13:44-52
What The Kingdom of Heaven is Like
Matthew 13:53-58
Jesus is Rejected in His Home Town
Matthew 14:1-12
Herod Antipas’ False Assumption
Matthew 14:13-21
Steps to Problem Solving
Matthew 14:22-36
The Storms of Life
Matthew 15:1-9
The Teaching of Ancestors
Matthew 15:10-20
What Really Makes People Unclean
Matthew 15:21-28
A Canaanite Women With Great Faith
Matthew 15:29-39
Feeding The Four Thousand
Matthew 16:1-12
The Religious Leader’s Demand
Matthew 16:13-20
Peter’s Confession
Matthew 16:21-28
Surrender to The Cross
Matthew 17:1-13
The Transfiguration
Matthew 17:14-23
Healing of The Epileptic Son
Matthew 17:24-27
Jesus Pays The Temple Tax
Matthew 18:1-9
The Need For Humility
Matthew 18:10-14
New Babes in Christ
Matthew 18:15-20
The Biblical Principles For Church Discipline
Feeding The Four Thousand
Matthew 15:29–39
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We are not to get this miracle of feeding the Four Thousand confused with the feeding of the Five Thousand. Jesus leaves Tyre and Sidon and goes up into the hill country, on the southeast shore of the Sea of Galilee (v. 29). This seems to have been Gentile country in the region of the Decapolis. Decapolis included 10 cities that were a league that was authorized by the Romans to mint their own coins, run their own courts, and have their own army. When the people learned that He was there, great crowds came to Him and brought the sick, the lame, the blind, the dumb, and the crippled. Jesus healed them. (vv 30-31).
This ministry lasted for approximately three days (v. 32). After this length of time the people had used up their supply of food and Jesus did not want to send them away hungry for fear they would faint along the way. So we find Him performing the miracle of feeding the 4,000 (vv. 33-39). The following shows some of the differences between this event and the previous feeding of the 5,000:
FEEDING THE 5,000 FEEDING THE 4,000
Primary Jews Primary Gentiles
At Galilee In hill country
5 loaves 2 fishes 7 loaves, “a few fish”
12 baskets over 7 baskets over
Crowd there 1 day Crowd there 3 days
Tried to make king No popular response
Application
The disciples seemed to be as perplexed about where they were going to get the food to feed the 4,000 as they had been for the 5,000 when they should have known that the Lord would provide. Are there times when I am worried about things when I should just trust the Lord?
Matthew 15:29-39 (English Standard Version)
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