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Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><i>Ye</i> hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with <i>their</i> 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>But in vain they do worship me, teaching <i>for</i> doctrines the commandments of 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>And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from 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 proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These are <i>the things</i> which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a 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>Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, <i>thou</i> Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast <i>it</i> to dogs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of 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 and said unto her, O woman, great <i>is</i> thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very 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>And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And great multitudes came unto him, having with them <i>those that were</i> lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then Jesus called his disciples <i>unto him</i>, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And 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 fishes, and gave thanks, and brake <i>them</i>, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken <i>meat</i> that was left seven baskets full. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/matthew/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>