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 9:8When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
• Luke 18:43Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God.
• Matt 9:33And 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!”
• Gen 32:28Then 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.”
• Matt 18:8If 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.
• Ps 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
• Luke 7:16A 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!”
• Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
• Luke 17:15–18When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
• Matt 21:14The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.
• Acts 3:2–11And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
• Luke 14:21The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
• Luke 14:13But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
• Gen 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
• Mark 2:12And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
• Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
• Mark 7:37The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
• Exod 24:10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
• John 9:24So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
• Acts 14:8–10In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

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