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15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which 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 unto 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, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It
is a gift, by whatsoever 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 none
effect by your tradition.
15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
15:8 This people draweth
nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth 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 unto 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 unto 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 up.
15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the
blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
15:17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, 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 unwashen hands defileth not a man.
15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
15:22 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.
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 unto 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 meet 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 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.
15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up
into a mountain, and sat down there.
15:30 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:
15:31 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.
15:32 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.
15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the
wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
15:34 And Jesus saith unto 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 brake them, and
gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was
left seven baskets full.
15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
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