RWebster - Matthew - 15

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

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

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

15:4  For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

15:5  But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me;

15:6  And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free . Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.

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

15:8  This people draweth near to me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

15:9  But in vain they do 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 goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

15:12  Then came his disciples, and said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

15:13  But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted out.

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

15:15  Then answered Peter and said to him, Make known to us the meaning of this parable.

15:16  And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

15:17  Do ye not yet understand, that whatever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the stomach, and is cast out into the draught?

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, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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

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

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

15:23  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

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

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

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

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

15:28  Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed 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 that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

15:31  So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

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

15:33  And his disciples say to him, Where should we get so much bread in the wilderness, as to satisfy so great a multitude?

15:34  And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

15:35  And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

15:36  And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, 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 of the broken pieces that were left seven baskets full.

15:38  And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.

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