Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 15:33

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 15:33 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 15:33. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, the disciples were worried because they didn't have enough bread to feed all the people who were with them in the lonely place. They wondered where they could get so much bread to feed everyone.

Matthew 15:33: And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

Contradiction with Matthew 14:16

This verse contradicts Matthew 15:33 as Jesus tells the disciples to provide food for the multitude themselves, implying confidence in provision where the disciples see lack.

Matthew 14:16: But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

Contradiction with John 6:9-11

This passage contradicts Matthew 15:33 by illustrating how Jesus feeds 5,000 people with only five barley loaves and two small fish, demonstrating divine provision in the face of doubt.

John 6:9-11: There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

Contradiction with Mark 8:19-20

These verses contradict Matthew 15:33 by reminding the reader of previous miracles where Jesus fed thousands, displaying God’s ability to provide abundantly out of seemingly insufficient resources.

Mark 8:19-20: And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

Contradiction with Psalm 78:19-20

This passage contradicts Matthew 15:33 by echoing the Israelites' doubt about God's ability to provide in the wilderness, yet it goes on to recount how God did provide, illustrating a pattern of divine provision despite human skepticism.

Psalm 78:19-20: Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? [furnish: Heb. order]
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