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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 15 WEB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEB</a> > Matthew 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/14.htm" title="Matthew 14">◄</a> Matthew 15 <a href="../matthew/16.htm" title="Matthew 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">World English Bible</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Tradition and Vain Worship<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/7.htm">Mark 7:1-13</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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," <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"</p> <a name="10" id="10"></a><p class="hdg">What Defiles a Man<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/7.htm#14">Mark 7:14-23</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."</p> <a name="21" id="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Faith of the Canaanite Woman<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/7.htm#24">Mark 7:24-30</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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!" <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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.</p> <a name="29" id="29"></a><p class="hdg">The Feeding of the Four Thousand<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/8.htm">Mark 8:1-10</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish." <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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