15:1 Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
15:2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
15:3 And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
15:4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’
15:5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you might benefit from me is given to God,”
15:6 he need not honor his father.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
15:7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
15:8 ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.
15:9 But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commands of men.’”
15:10 After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand.
15:11 It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
15:12 Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”
15:13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.
15:14 Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
15:15 Now Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.”
15:16 And Jesus said, “Are you still lacking in understanding also?
15:17 Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and goes into the sewer?
15:18 But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.
15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false witness, slanders.
15:20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
15:21 And going away from there, Jesus withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.
15:22 And behold, 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.”
15:23 But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and were pleading with Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us.”
15:24 But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
15:25 But she came and was bowing down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
15:26 And He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
15:27 But she said, “Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
15:28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once.
15:29 And departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.
15:30 And large 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.
15:31 So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
15:32 And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the crowd, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
15:33 And the disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”
15:34 And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
15:35 And He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground;
15:36 and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and kept giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
15:37 And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full.
15:38 And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
15:39 And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan.
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