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15:1  Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were from Jerusalem, saying,
15:2  Why do your 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 you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
15:4  For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
15:5  But you say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift devoted to God, whatsoever you might have received from me;
15:6  And honors not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God void by your tradition.
15:7  You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
15:8  These people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor 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 goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
15:12  Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Know you that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
15:13  But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.
15:14  Let them alone: they are 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 you also yet without understanding?
15:17  Do you not yet understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain?
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 unwashed hands defiles not a man.
15:21  Then Jesus went from there, and departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon.
15:22  And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same regions, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
15:23  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries 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 worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
15:26  But he answered and said, It is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs.
15:27  And she said, True, 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 your faith: be it unto you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
15:29  And Jesus departed from there, and came near 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 put them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
15:31  So 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 without food, lest they faint in the way.
15:33  And his disciples said unto him, From where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
15:34  And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have you? 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 broke 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 pieces that were left seven baskets full.
15:38  And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
15:39  And he sent away the multitude, and embarked in the ship, and came into the region of Magdala.