Matthew 15
1 Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,
Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
2 "Why do your disciples keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?"
Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
3 "And why do you also keep transgressing the command of God by your tradition?" he asked.
And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
4 "For God said, Honor your father and mother, and, Let him who reviles father or mother be put to death;
For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
5 but you say that whoever tells his father or mother, ‘Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is dedicated to God,’
But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
6 is in no way bound to honor his father. Thus do you make void the word of God by your tradition!
There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying.
You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
8 This is a people that honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
9 In vain do they worship me, While they teach doctrines that are the commands of men."
But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
10 Then Jesus called the people to him and said.
And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
11 "Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man’s mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."
Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
12 Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied.
Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
13 "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
14 "Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."
Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
15 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Explain the parable to us."
Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
16 He answered. "Are even you still without understanding?
And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
17 "Do you not know how all that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterward evacuated;
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
18 while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart - and that is what defiles a man.
But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
20 These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
21 Jesus then left that place, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Behold, there came to him a Canaanite woman of those parts. She wailed loudly, saying. "Pity me, Lord, thou Son of David! My daughter is possessed of an evil spirit."
And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.
23 But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."
But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.
24 In reply he said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
25 But the woman came and knelt to him and said, "Lord, do help me."
But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.
26 He answered, "It is not seemly to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs."
And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
27 "True, Lord," she said, "but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table."
But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered her. "O woman, great is your faith. It shall be for you even as you desire." And from that hour her daughter was healed.
Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
29 On leaving that place Jesus went along the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and after climbing a hill, took his seat there.
And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.
30 Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them;
And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:
31 so that the crowd wondered when they saw the dumb speaking, the cripples walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.
32 But Jesus called his disciples to him and said. "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."
And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.
33 "In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"
And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?
34 "How many loaves have you?" answered Jesus. They replied, "Seven, and a few small fish.
And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.
35 So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground,
Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, then he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.
And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
37 And all ate and were satisfied, and of the fragments that remained they gathered seven large basketfuls.
And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.
38 And those who ate numbered four thousand, besides the women and children.
And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.
39 When he had sent the crowds away, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.
And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.
