15Matthew 15

1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,Select Matthew 15:1

2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”Select Matthew 15:2

3He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?Select Matthew 15:3

4For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Select Matthew 15:4

5But 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,”Select Matthew 15:5

6he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.Select Matthew 15:6

7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,Select Matthew 15:7

8‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.Select Matthew 15:8

9And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”Select Matthew 15:9

10He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.Select Matthew 15:10

11That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”Select Matthew 15:11

12Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?”Select Matthew 15:12

13But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.Select Matthew 15:13

14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”Select Matthew 15:14

15Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”Select Matthew 15:15

16So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?Select Matthew 15:16

17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?Select Matthew 15:17

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

19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.Select Matthew 15:19

20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”Select Matthew 15:20

21Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.Select Matthew 15:21

22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”Select Matthew 15:22

23But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”Select Matthew 15:23

24But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”Select Matthew 15:24

25But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”Select Matthew 15:25

26But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”Select Matthew 15:26

27But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”Select Matthew 15:27

28Then 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.Select Matthew 15:28

29Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.Select Matthew 15:29

30Great 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,Select Matthew 15:30

31so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.Select Matthew 15:31

32Jesus 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.”Select Matthew 15:32

33The disciples said to him, “Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”Select Matthew 15:33

34Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”Select Matthew 15:34

35He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;Select Matthew 15:35

36and 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.Select Matthew 15:36

37They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.Select Matthew 15:37

38Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.Select Matthew 15:38

39Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.Select Matthew 15:39