15Matthew 15

CHAP. XV. / 3 Christ reprooueth the Scribes, and Pharisees, for transgressing Gods Commaundements through their owne traditions: 11 teacheth how that which goeth into the mouth, doeth not defile a man

1Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Hierusalem, saying,Select Matthew 15:1

2Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their handes when they eat bread.Select Matthew 15:2

3But hee answered, and said vnto them, Why doe you also transgresse the Commandement of God by your tradition?Select Matthew 15:3

4For God commaunded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: And hee that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.Select Matthew 15:4

5But yee say, Whosoeuer shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatsoeuer thou mightest bee profited by me,Select Matthew 15:5

6And honour not his father or his mother, hee shall be free. Thus haue yee made the Commaundement of God of none effect by your tradition.Select Matthew 15:6

7Yee hypocrites, well did Esaias prophecie of you, saying,Select Matthew 15:7

8This people draweth nigh vnto mee with their mouth, and honoureth mee with their lips: but their heart is farre from me.Select Matthew 15:8

9But in vaine they do worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandements of men.Select Matthew 15:9

10And he called the multitude, and said vnto them, Heare and vnderstand.Select Matthew 15:10

11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, this defileth a man.Select Matthew 15:11

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

13But he answered and said, Euery plant which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp.Select Matthew 15:13

14Let them alone: they be blinde leaders of the blinde. And if the blinde lead the blinde, both shall fall into the ditch.Select Matthew 15:14

15Then answered Peter, and said vnto him, Declare vnto vs this parable.Select Matthew 15:15

16And Iesus said, Are yee also yet without vnderstanding?Select Matthew 15:16

17Doe not yee yet vnderstand, that whatsoeuer entreth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?Select Matthew 15:17

18But those things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and they defile the man.Select Matthew 15:18

19For out of the heart proceed euill thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnes, blasphemies.Select Matthew 15:19

20These are the things which defile a man: But to eate with vnwashen hands, defileth not a man.Select Matthew 15:20

21Then Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon.Select Matthew 15:21

22And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, & cried vnto him, saying, Haue mercy on me, O Lord, thou sonne of Dauid, my daughter is grieuously vexed with a deuill.Select Matthew 15:22

23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came, and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she cryeth after vs.Select Matthew 15:23

24But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.Select Matthew 15:24

25Then came she, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, helpe me.Select Matthew 15:25

26But he answered, and said, It is not meete to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to dogs.Select Matthew 15:26

27And she said, Trueth Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crummes which fall from their masters table.Select Matthew 15:27

28Then Iesus answered, and said vnto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very houre.Select Matthew 15:28

29And Iesus departed frō thence, and came nigh vnto the sea of Galile, and went vp into a mountaine, and sate downe there.Select Matthew 15:29

30And great multitudes came vnto him, hauing with them those that were lame, blinde, dumbe, maimed, and many others, and cast them downe at Iesus feet, and he healed them:Select Matthew 15:30

31Insomuch that the multitude wondred, when they saw the dumbe to speake, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walke, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.Select Matthew 15:31

32Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, and said, I haue compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.Select Matthew 15:32

33And his disciples say vnto him, Whence should we haue so much bread in the wildernesse, as to fill so great a multitude?Select Matthew 15:33

34And Iesus saith vnto them, How many loaues haue yee? And they said, Seuen, and a few little fishes.Select Matthew 15:34

35And hee commaunded the multitude to sit downe on the ground.Select Matthew 15:35

36And he tooke the seuen loaues and the fishes, and gaue thankes, and brake them, and gaue to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.Select Matthew 15:36

37And they did all eate, and were filled: and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full.Select Matthew 15:37

38And they that did eat, were foure thousand men, beside women and children.Select Matthew 15:38

39And he sent away the multitude, and tooke ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.Select Matthew 15:39