Matthew 15
1 Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?"
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 "Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?
But he answered and said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 but you--this is what you say: 'If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--
But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
7 Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 "'This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their heart is far away from Me;
This people draweth near to me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10 Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.
And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:
11 It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; but it is what comes out of his mouth--that defiles a man."
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"
Then came his disciples, and said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13 "Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted out.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."
Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leadeth the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15 "Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.
Then answered Peter and said to him, Make known to us the meaning of this parable.
16 "Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?
Do ye not yet understand, that whatever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the stomach, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man.
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
Then Jesus went from there, and departed into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same region, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously afflicted with a demon.
23 But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps crying behind us."
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 "I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 "It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
But he answered and said, It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 "Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
28 "O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.
Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
29 Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.
And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up on a mountain, and sat down there.
30 Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,
And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
31 so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of Israel.
So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."
Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33 "Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
And his disciples say to him, Where should we get so much bread in the wilderness, as to satisfy so great a multitude?
34 "How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36 and He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks He broke them up and then distributed them to the disciples, and they to the people.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37 And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up--seven full hampers.
And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up of the broken pieces that were left seven baskets full.
38 Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.
And he sent away the multitude, and got into a boat, and came into the region of Magdala.
