Matthew 15
1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
3 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
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 commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him 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, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted 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 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of 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 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor 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 And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.
And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
11 That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
13 But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant 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 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
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 Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the 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 evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
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 which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the 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 went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
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. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries 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 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but 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 she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.
26 But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
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 Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat 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 multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. 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 multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame 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 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
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 The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
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 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “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 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
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 They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.
38 Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.
39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.
