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Matthew, Chapter 15

¹ Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, ² “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” ³ And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? ⁴ For God said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,’ and, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO^a Lit die the deathBE PUT TO DEATH.’ ⁵ But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been^b Lit a gift*; i.e. an offeringgiven to God,” ⁶ he is not to honor his father or his mother^c I.e. by supporting them with it.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. ⁷ You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: ⁸ ‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. ⁹ ‘BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.’”	1 Mat 15:1-20 Mar 3:22 Mar 7:1 Joh 1:19 Act 25:7 2 Luk 11:38 4 Exo 20:12 Deu 5:16 Exo 21:17 Lev 20:9 8 Isa 29:13 9 Col 2:22
¹⁰ After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand. ¹¹ It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”	11 Mat 15:18 Act 10:14 Act 10:15 Ti1 4:3
¹² Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were^d Lit caused to stumbleoffended when they heard this statement?” ¹³ But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. ¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind guides^e Later mss add of the blindof the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”	13 Isa 60:21 Isa 61:3 Joh 15:2 Co1 3:9 14 Mat 23:16 Mat 23:24 Luk 6:39
¹⁵ Peter^f Lit answered and saidsaid to Him, “Explain the parable to us.” ¹⁶ ^g Lit and HeJesus said, “Are you still lacking in understanding also? ¹⁷ Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is^h Lit thrown out into the latrineeliminated? ¹⁸ But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,ⁱ I.e. sexual immoralityfornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. ²⁰ These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”	15 Mat 13:36 18 Mat 12:34 Mar 7:20 19 Gal 5:19
²¹ Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.” ²³ But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting^j Lit behind usat us.” ²⁴ But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” ²⁵ But she came and began^k Or worshipedto bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” ²⁶ And He answered and said, “It is not^l Or propergood to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” ²⁷ But she said, “Yes, Lord;^m Lit forbut even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” ²⁸ Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healedⁿ Lit from that hourat once.	21 Mat 15:21-28 Mat 11:21 Mat 11:21 22 Mat 9:27 Mat 4:24 24 Mat 10:6 25 Mat 8:2 28 Mat 9:22
²⁹ Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. ³⁰ And^o Lit manylarge crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them. ³¹ So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled^p Or healthyrestored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.	29 Mat 15:29-31 Mar 7:31-37 Mat 4:18 30 Mat 4:23 31 Mat 9:8
³² And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the^q Lit crowdpeople, because they^r Lit are remaininghave remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.” ³³ The disciples said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” ³⁵ And He directed the^s Lit crowdpeople to^t Lit reclinesit down on the ground; ³⁶ and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. ³⁷ And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full. ³⁸ And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.	32 Mat 15:32-39 Mat 14:13-21 Mat 9:36 36 Mat 14:19 Mat 26:27 Luk 22:17 Luk 22:19 Joh 6:11 Joh 6:23 Act 27:35 Rom 14:6 37 Mat 16:10 Mar 8:8 Mar 8:20 Act 9:25
³⁹ And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan.	39 Mar 3:9 Mar 8:10


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