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 marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
• Luke 18:43And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
• Matt 9:33And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
• Gen 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
• Matt 18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
• Ps 50:23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
• Luke 7:16And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
• Ps 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Luke 17:15–18And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
• Matt 21:14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
• Acts 3:2–11And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
• Luke 14:21So that servant came, and shewed 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 hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
• Luke 14:13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
• Gen 33:20And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
• Mark 2:12And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
• Mark 9:43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
• Mark 7:37And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
• Exod 24:10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
• John 9:24Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
• Acts 14:8–10And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:

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