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The Teaching of Ancestors
The Scribes and Pharisees joined forces and sent a delegation from Jerusalem to Galilee to investigate the ministry and teachings of Jesus and His disciples (v. 1). These religious leaders accused them of failing to observe the ceremonial washing of hands before eating (v. 2). Th …

A Canaanite Women With Great Faith
Jesus went into Tyre and Sidon, which is(present Lebanon) Gentile country (v. 21). As far as the Jews were concerned the Gentiles were “unclean” and they referred to them as “dogs”. Jesus wanted His disciples to have a compassion for Gentiles as well as Je …

Feeding The Four Thousand
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 …

What Really Makes People Unclean
Jesus called the crowd together and asked them to listen to what He had to say and try to understand the important information He had to share with them (v. 10). He told them that it was not the type of food they put in their mouth that made them unclean and unfit to worship …