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

Jerusalem, saying,

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

elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

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

transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

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

and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

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;

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.

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

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

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

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

the commandments of men.

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

and understand:

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

that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

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

that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

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

Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

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.

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

this parable.

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

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?

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

forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

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

adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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

with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

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

Tyre and Sidon.

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.

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.

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

sheep of the house of Israel.

15:25  Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

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

children's bread, and cast [it] to dogs.

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

which fall from their masters' table.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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?

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

they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

15:35  And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

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.

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

of the broken [meat] that was left seven baskets full.

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

women and children.

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

into the coasts of Magdala.

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