Scripture Reading: Matthew 15:10–20   Key Verse:   But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Matthew 15:9)   What does this passage teach us? Verses 10–20. There are two striking sayings of the Lord Jesus in this passage. One respects false doctrine. The other respects the human heart. [...]

Scripture Reading: Matthew 15:1–9   Key Verse:   But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:9   What does this passage teach us?   Verses 1–9. We have in these verses a conversation between our Lord Jesus Christ, and certain Scribes and Pharisees. The subject of it [...]

Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:22–36 Key Verse: And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. (Matthew 14:20) What does this passage teach us? Verses 22–36. The history contained in these verses, is one of singular interest. The miracle here recorded brings out in [...]

Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:1–21 Key Verse: And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. (Matthew 14:20) What does this passage teach us? Verses 1–12. We have in this passage a page out of God’s book of martyrs— the history of the death [...]

Scripture Reading: Matthew 13:44–58   Key Verse: Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. (Matthew 13:13)   What does this passage teach us?   Verses 44–50. The parable of the “treasure hidden in the field,” and the “merchant man seeking valuable [...]

Scripture Reading:   Matthew 13:24–43 Key Verse:   Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. (Matthew 13:13)   What does this passage teach us? Verses 24–43. The parable of the wheat and weeds, which occupies the chief part of these verses, [...]

Scripture Reading: Matthew 13:1–23 Key Verse: Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. (Matthew 13:13) What does this passage teach us? Verses 1–23. The chapter which these verses begin is remarkable for the number of parables which it contains. The [...]

Scripture Reading:   Matthew 12:38–50   Key Verse:   O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Matthew 12:34   What does this passage teach us?   Verses 38–50. The beginning of this passage is one of those places which [...]

Scripture Reading: Matthew 12:22–37 Key Verse: O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Matthew 12:34 What does this passage teach us? Verses 22–37. This passage of Scripture contains “things hard to be understood.” The sin against the Holy [...]

Scripture Reading:   Matthew 12:1–21   Key Verse:   O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (Matthew 12:34)   What does this passage teach us? Verses 1–13. The one great subject which stands out prominently in this passage of [...]