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Matthew 15:30

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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. Matthew 15:30 · Berean Standard Bible
What It Means

Matthew 15:30, in plain English

Huge crowds came bringing people who were lame, blind, crippled, and mute. They laid them at Jesus' feet, and He healed them all.

Why it's here

No matter what kind of brokenness you carry, you can bring it to Jesus. He doesn't specialize in one kind of healing. He heals it all.

Who's speaking

Matthew describes the scene of mass healing on the mountainside.

Where it sits in the story

The mountain becomes a place of transformation. Every kind of suffering finds its answer in Jesus.

A Closer Look

The scholarly reading

The catalog of afflictions (chōlous, typhlous, kyllous, kōphous, 'lame, blind, crippled, mute') echoes the messianic prophecies of Isaiah 35:5-6. The act of laying the sick at Jesus' feet (erripsan autous para tous podas autou) suggests both urgency and reverence.

Language and setting

The healings fulfill Isaiah's messianic vision of restoration. The sheer variety of afflictions healed demonstrates the comprehensive nature of messianic salvation.

Voice

The narrator describes the crowds bringing their afflicted to Jesus.

Significance

The mountainside becomes a scene of mass healing. Every kind of suffering is brought to Jesus, and none is turned away.

In context

Matthew 15:28–32

28“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

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

30Large 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.

31The 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.

32Then 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.”

Read all of Matthew 15 — Jesus dismantles the purity codes the Pharisees have built and shows that what defiles a person comes from within, not without.

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