Matthew - Chapter 15 | American Standard Version

  • 1. Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
  • 2. Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
  • 3. And he answered and said unto them, {cf6 Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?}
  • 4. {cf6 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.}
  • 5. {cf6 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given {cf15i to God};}
  • 6. {cf6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.}
  • 7. {cf6 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,}
  • 8. {cf6 This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.}
  • 9. {cf6 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching {cf15i as their} doctrines the precepts of men.}
  • 10. And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, {cf6 Hear, and understand:}
  • 11. {cf6 not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.}
  • 12. Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?
  • 13. But he answered and said, {cf6 Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.}
  • 14. {cf6 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.}
  • 15. And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.
  • 16. And he said, {cf6 Are ye also even yet without understanding?}
  • 17. {cf6 Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?}
  • 18. {cf6 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.}
  • 19. {cf6 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:}
  • 20. {cf6 these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.}
  • 21. And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
  • 22. And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
  • 23. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
  • 24. But he answered and said, {cf6 I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.}
  • 25. But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
  • 26. And he answered and said, {cf6 It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.}
  • 27. But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
  • 28. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, {cf6 O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt.} And her daughter was healed from that hour.
  • 29. And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
  • 30. And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at this feet; and he healed them:
  • 31. insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.
  • 32. And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, {cf6 I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.}
  • 33. And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?
  • 34. And Jesus said unto them, {cf6 How many loaves have ye?} And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
  • 35. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
  • 36. and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
  • 37. And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.
  • 38. And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
  • 39. And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.
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