Matthew 15
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Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
Insomuch 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.
Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
Then Jesus called his disciples unto 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.
The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.