Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 9:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 9:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 9:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, everyone in the land heard amazing stories about what Jesus was doing. People everywhere were talking about Him and His wonderful miracles.

Matthew 9:26: And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. [the fame...: or, this fame]

Contradiction with Matthew 7:6

Contradicts by advising not to cast pearls before swine, implying precious things, including fame, should not be spread to those who may not value them.

Matthew 7:6: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Contradiction with John 7:4

Contradicts by stating no man does anything in secret when he seeks to be known openly, which contrasts with Jesus' fame spreading.

John 7:4: For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

Contradiction with Mark 1:44

Contradicts by Jesus instructing people to tell no one of the miracle, opposing the spread of his fame.

Mark 1:44: And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Contradiction with Matthew 16:20

Contradicts by Jesus charging his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ, contrasting with the spread of his fame mentioned in Matthew 9:26.

Matthew 16:20: Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

Contradiction with Mark 8:30

Contradicts by charging them that they should tell no man about him, opposing the widespread fame implied by Matthew 9:26.

Mark 8:30: And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and [of] the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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