RKJNT - Matthew - 15

15:1  Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, 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 transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

15:4  For God commanded, saying, Honour your father and mother: and, He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.

15:5  But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever of mine might benefit you is a gift to God;

15:6  Then he is free not to honour his father or his mother. Thus have you made the commandment of God void by your tradition.

15:7  You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

15:8  This people honours me with their lips; but their hearts are far from me.

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

15:10  And he called the multitude, 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, after 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 to us this parable.

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 eliminated?

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, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness, slanders:

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

15:21  Then Jesus went from there, and departed to the districts of Tyre and Sidon.

15:22  And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of that region, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

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 have been sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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

15:26  But he answered and said, It is not proper to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

15:27  And she said, True, Lord: yet the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

15:28  Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it done for you as you wish. And her daughter was made well from that very hour.

15:29  And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up on a mountain, and sat down there.

15:30  And great multitudes came to him, having with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, dumb, and many others, and put them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them,

15:31  So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.

15:32  Then Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way.

15:33  And his disciples said to him, Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill so great a multitude?

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 multitude to sit down on the ground.

15:36  And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

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

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

15:39  And he sent away the multitude, and got into the boat, and came to the region of Magadan.