Matthew 15:31

Sickness and healing Praise and worship Miracles and God's intervention

²⁹ Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.

³⁰ Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.

The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

³² Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

³³ The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
KJV: 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.
WEB: so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
ASV: insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.
DARBY: so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
BLB: so that the crowd marveled, seeing the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

ÅB: Folket undret seg da de så stumme snakke, vanføre helbredes, halte gå og blinde se. Og de priste Israels Gud.
OTB: Folkene ble forundret da de så de stumme tale, krøplingene bli friske, de lamme gå, og de blinde se. Og de priste Israels Gud.
B1930: så at folket undret sig da de så stumme tale, vanføre helbredes, halte gå og blinde se; og de priste Israels Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 9:8
When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
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Luke 18:43
Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God.
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Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
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Luke 17:15–18
When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
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Luke 7:16
A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
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Matthew 9:33
And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
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Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
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Matthew 18:8
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
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