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Matthew Chapter 15 015:001 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 015:002 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread." 015:003 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
015:004 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,'{Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16} and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'{Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9} 015:005 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," 015:006 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. 015:007 You hypocrites!
Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 015:008 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 015:009 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"{Isaiah 29:13} 015:010 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
015:011 That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man." 015:012 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?" 015:013 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted. 015:014 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind.
If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit." 015:015 Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us." 015:016 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? 015:017 Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body? 015:018 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. 015:019 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
015:020 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man." 015:021 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 015:022 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 demonized!" 015:023 But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us." 015:024 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 015:025 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me." 015:026 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 015:027 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." 015:028 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. 015:029 Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. 015:030 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, 015:031 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
015:032 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue 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." 015:033 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?" 015:034 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish." 015:035 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 015:036 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.
015:037 They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. 015:038 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 015:039 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.