MKJV - Matthew - 15

15:1  Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

15:2  Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

15:3  But He answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

15:4  For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death."

15:5  But you say, Whoever says to his father or mother, Whatever you would gain from me, It is a gift to God;

15:6  and in no way he honors his father or his mother. And you voided the commandment of God by your tradition.

15:7  Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

15:8  "This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

15:9  But in vain they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."

15:10  And He called the crowd and said to them, Hear and understand.

15:11  Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

15:12  Then His disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?

15:13  But He answered and said, Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

15:14  Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

15:15  Then Peter answered and said to Him, Explain this parable to us.

15:16  And Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding?

15:17  Do you not yet understand that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the waste-bowl?

15:18  But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man.

15:19  For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies;

15:20  these are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

15:21  And going out from there, Jesus withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

15:22  And behold, a woman of Canaan coming out of these borders cried to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

15:23  But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and begged Him, saying, Send her away, for she cries after us.

15:24  But He answered and said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

15:25  Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, Lord, help me!

15:26  But He answered and said, It is not good to take the children's bread and to throw it to dogs.

15:27  And she said, True, O Lord; but even the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' tables.

15:28  Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith! So be it to you even as you wish. And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

15:29  And moving from there Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee. And He went up into a mountain and sat there.

15:30  And great crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others. And they cast them down at Jesus' feet. And He healed them,

15:31  so much so that the crowd wondered when they saw the dumb speak, the maimed sound, the lame walk, and the blind see. And they glorified the God of Israel.

15:32  Then Jesus called His disciples and said, I have compassion on the crowd because they continue with Me for three days now and have nothing to eat. And I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

15:33  And His disciples said to Him, From where should we get so many loaves in the wilderness, so as to fill so great a crowd?

15:34  And Jesus said to them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish.

15:35  And He commanded the crowd to sit on the ground.

15:36  And He took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to His disciples. And the disciples gave to the crowd.

15:37  And they all ate, and were filled; and they took up seven lunch baskets full of the pieces that was left.

15:38  And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

15:39  And sending the crowd away, He went into the boat and came into the borders of Magdala.