MT-15:1  Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of

Jerusalem,

saying,

MT-15:2  Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the

elders? for they

wash not their hands when they eat bread.

MT-15:3  But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also

transgress the

commandment of God by your tradition?

MT-15:4  For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother:

 and, He that

curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

MT-15:5  But ye say, Whosoever shall say to [his] father or

[his] mother, [It

is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

MT-15:6  And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be

free]. Thus have

ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

MT-15:7  [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you,

saying,

MT-15:8  This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and

honoureth me

with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.

MT-15:9  But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for]

doctrines the

commandments of men.

MT-15:10  And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear,

and

understand:

MT-15:11  Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;

but that which

cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

MT-15:12  Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest

thou that the

Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

MT-15:13  But he answered and said, Every plant, which my

heavenly Father hath

not planted, shall be rooted up.

MT-15:14  Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind.

And if the blind

lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

MT-15:15  Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us

this parable.

MT-15:16  And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

MT-15:17  Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in

at the mouth

goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

MT-15:18  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come

forth from the

heart; and they defile the man.

MT-15:19  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,

adulteries,

fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

MT-15:20  These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat

with unwashen

hands defileth not a man.

MT-15:21  Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts

of Tyre and

Sidon.

MT-15:22  And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same

coasts, and cried

unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] son of David;

my daughter is

grievously vexed with a devil.

MT-15:23  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came

and besought

him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

MT-15:24  But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the

lost sheep of

the house of Israel.

MT-15:25  Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help

me.

MT-15:26  But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the

children's

bread, and cast [it] to dogs.

MT-15:27  And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the

crumbs which fall

from their masters' table.

MT-15:28  Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great

[is] thy faith:

be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made

whole from that

very hour.

MT-15:29  And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the

sea of

Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

MT-15:30  And great multitudes came unto him, having with them

[those that

were] lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them

down at Jesus'

feet; and he healed them:

MT-15:31  Insomuch 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.

MT-15:32  Then Jesus called his disciples [unto 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.

MT-15:33  And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have

so much bread

in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

MT-15:34  And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?

And they said,

Seven, and a few little fishes.

MT-15:35  And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the

ground.

MT-15:36  And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave

thanks, and

brake [them], and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to

the multitude.

MT-15:37  And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took

up of the broken

[meat] that was left seven baskets full.

MT-15:38  And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside

women and

children.

MT-15:39  And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and

came into the

coasts of Magdala.

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