Matthew 15
Clean and Unclean
Then Pharisees and
scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, "Why do your disciples
disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when
they eat bread."
He answered them,
"Why do you also disobey the commandment of God
because of your tradition? For God commanded, 'Honor your
father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or
mother, let him be put to death.' But you say, 'Whoever may tell
his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have
gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," he shall not honor his father or
mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your
tradition. You
hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
'These people draw
near to me with their mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
And in vain do they
worship me,
teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
He summoned the
multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
That which enters into
the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the
mouth, this defiles the man."
Then the disciples
came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended,
when they heard this saying?"
But he answered,
"Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant
will be uprooted. Leave
them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the
blind, both will fall into a pit."
Peter answered him,
"Explain the parable to us."
So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? Don't you understand that
whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the
body? But the things
which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the
man. For out of the
heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts,
false testimony, and blasphemies. These are the things which
defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the
man."
The Faith of the Canaanite Woman
Jesus went out from
there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. Behold, a Canaanite woman came
out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord,
you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"
But he answered her
not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she
cries after us."
But he answered,
"I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the
house of Israel."
But she came and
worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
But he answered,
"It is not appropriate to take the children's bread
and throw it to the dogs."
But she said,
"Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
masters' table."
Then Jesus answered
her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you
even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that
hour.
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
Jesus departed there,
and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and
sat there. Great
multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed,
and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
so that the multitude
wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and
blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
Jesus summoned his
disciples and said, "I have compassion on the
multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing
to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the
way."
The disciples said to
him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to
satisfy so great a multitude?"
Jesus said to them,
"How many loaves do you have?"
They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
He commanded the
multitude to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves and
the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and
the disciples to the multitudes. They all ate, and were filled.
They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
Those who ate were four
thousand men, besides women and children. Then he sent away the
multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
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