Matthew 15

About Matthew Matthew presents Jesus as the promised Messiah and King, with his teaching, miracles, death and resurrection.

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,SelectedMatthew 15:1Ask

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.SelectedMatthew 15:2Ask

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?SelectedMatthew 15:3Ask

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.SelectedMatthew 15:4Ask

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;SelectedMatthew 15:5Ask

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.SelectedMatthew 15:6Ask

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,SelectedMatthew 15:7Ask

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.SelectedMatthew 15:8Ask

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.SelectedMatthew 15:9Ask

And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:SelectedMatthew 15:10Ask

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.SelectedMatthew 15:11Ask

Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?SelectedMatthew 15:12Ask

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.SelectedMatthew 15:13Ask

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.SelectedMatthew 15:14Ask

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.SelectedMatthew 15:15Ask

And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?SelectedMatthew 15:16Ask

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?SelectedMatthew 15:17Ask

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.SelectedMatthew 15:18Ask

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:SelectedMatthew 15:19Ask

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.SelectedMatthew 15:20Ask

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.SelectedMatthew 15:21Ask

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.SelectedMatthew 15:22Ask

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.SelectedMatthew 15:23Ask

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.SelectedMatthew 15:24Ask

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.SelectedMatthew 15:25Ask

But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.SelectedMatthew 15:26Ask

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.SelectedMatthew 15:27Ask

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.SelectedMatthew 15:28Ask

And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.SelectedMatthew 15:29Ask

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:SelectedMatthew 15:30Ask

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.SelectedMatthew 15:31Ask

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.SelectedMatthew 15:32Ask

And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?SelectedMatthew 15:33Ask

And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.SelectedMatthew 15:34Ask

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.SelectedMatthew 15:35Ask

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.SelectedMatthew 15:36Ask

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.SelectedMatthew 15:37Ask

And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.SelectedMatthew 15:38Ask

And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.SelectedMatthew 15:39Ask

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