Matthew 15:31

The crowd marvels at the healings and glorifies the God of Israel. It matters because Jesus' works lead people to praise God, the proper response to his power.

Cross-references · 20

• Matt 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
• Luke 18:43Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
• Matt 9:33When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
• Gen 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
• Matt 18:8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
• Ps 50:23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
• Luke 7:16Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
• Ps 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
• Luke 17:15–18One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
• Matt 21:14The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
• Acts 3:2–11A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
• Luke 14:21“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
• Luke 14:13But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
• Gen 33:20He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
• Mark 2:12He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
• Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
• Mark 7:37They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”
• Exod 24:10They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
• John 9:24So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
• Acts 14:8–10At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.

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