| Matthew 15 | ||
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| Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, | |
| "Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." | |
| And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? | |
| "For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.' | |
| "But you say, 'Whoever says to {his} father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given {to God,}" | |
| he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And {by this} you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. | |
| "You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: | |
| 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. | |
| 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.' " | |
| After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand. | |
| "{It is} not what enters into the mouth {that} defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man." | |
| Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?" | |
| But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. | |
| "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit." | |
| Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us." | |
| Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also? | |
| "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? | |
| "But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. | |
| "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. | |
| "These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man." | |
| Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon. | |
| And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and {began} to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed." | |
| But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us." | |
| But He answered and said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." | |
| But she came and {began} to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" | |
| And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." | |
| But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." | |
| Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once. | |
| Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. | |
| And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them {those who were} lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them. | |
| So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. | |
| And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way." | |
| The disciples *said to Him, "Where would we get so many loaves in {this} desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?" | |
| And Jesus *said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few small fish." | |
| And He directed the people to sit down on the ground; | |
| and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples {gave them} to the people. | |
| And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full. | |
| And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. | |
| And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan. |
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