| Matt. 15:1 |
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, |
| Matt. 15:2 |
Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. |
| Matt. 15:3 |
And He answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? |
| Matt. 15:4 |
For God said, "Honor your father and your mother," and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death." |
| Matt. 15:5 |
But you say, Whoever says to his father or his mother, Whatever you would have been profited by me is [now] a gift [to God,] |
| Matt. 15:6 |
Shall by no means honor his father or his mother; and you have deprived the word of God of its authority because of your tradition. |
| Matt. 15:7 |
Hypocrites! Well has Isaiah prophesied concerning you, saying, |
| Matt. 15:8 |
"This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart stays far away from Me; |
| Matt. 15:9 |
But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commandments of men." |
| Matt. 15:10 |
And He called the crowd to [Him] and said to them, Hear and understand: |
| Matt. 15:11 |
[It is] not that which enters into the mouth [that] defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man. |
| Matt. 15:12 |
Then the disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were stumbled when they heard this word? |
| Matt. 15:13 |
And He answered and said, Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up. |
| Matt. 15:14 |
Let them be. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit. |
| Matt. 15:15 |
And Peter answered and said to Him, Explain this parable to us. |
| Matt. 15:16 |
And He said, Are you also still without understanding? |
| Matt. 15:17 |
Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the drain? |
| Matt. 15:18 |
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile the man. |
| Matt. 15:19 |
For out of the heart come evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies. |
| Matt. 15:20 |
These are the things which defile the man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile the man. |
| Matt. 15:21 |
And Jesus went from there and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. |
| Matt. 15:22 |
And behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried out, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter suffers terribly from demon possession. |
| Matt. 15:23 |
But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, Send her away, for she is crying out after us. |
| Matt. 15:24 |
But He answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. |
| Matt. 15:25 |
But she came and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, help me! |
| Matt. 15:26 |
But He answered and said, It is not good to take the children's bread and throw [it] to the little dogs. |
| Matt. 15:27 |
And she said, Yes, Lord, for even the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. |
| Matt. 15:28 |
Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you as you wish. And her daughter was healed from that hour. |
| Matt. 15:29 |
And Jesus departed from there and came beside the Sea of Galilee; and He went up to the mountain and sat there. |
| Matt. 15:30 |
And great crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the dumb, and many other [sick ones;] and they laid them at His feet, and He healed them, |
| Matt. 15:31 |
So that the crowd marveled, because they saw the dumb speaking, the crippled healthy and the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel. |
| Matt. 15:32 |
And Jesus called His disciples to [Him] and said, I am moved with compassion for the crowd, because for three days now they have remained with Me and they do not have anything to eat. And I am not willing to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way. |
| Matt. 15:33 |
And the disciples said to Him, Where [can] we [get] so many loaves in [this] desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd? |
| Matt. 15:34 |
And Jesus said to them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven, and a few small fish. |
| Matt. 15:35 |
And after He commanded the crowd to recline on the ground, |
| Matt. 15:36 |
He took the seven loaves and the fish, and giving thanks, He broke [them] and gave [them] to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds. |
| Matt. 15:37 |
And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. |
| Matt. 15:38 |
And those who ate were four thousand men, apart from women and children. |
| Matt. 15:39 |
And after He sent the crowds away, He stepped into the boat and came to the borders of Magadan. |