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For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He answered and said to them, <span class="woj">“Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="woj">For God commanded, saying,</span> <span class="woj">‘Honor your father and your mother’; and,</span> <span class="woj">‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="woj">But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother,</span> <span class="woj">“Whatever profit you might have received from me <i>is</i> a gift <i>to God</i>”—</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="woj">then he need not honor his father</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span><span class="woj">or mother.’ Thus you have made the</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span><span class="woj">commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="woj">Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:</span></span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="woj">‘These</span> <span class="woj">people</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span><span class="woj">draw near to Me with their mouth,</span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-15-8"><span class="woj">And honor Me with <i>their</i> lips,</span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-15-8"><span class="woj">But their heart is far from Me.</span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="woj">And in vain they worship Me,</span></span><br /><span class="text Matt-15-9"><span class="woj">Teaching <i>as</i> doctrines the commandments of men.’</span> <span class="woj">”</span></span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When He had called the multitude to <i>Himself,</i> He said to them, <span class="woj">“Hear and understand:</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="woj">Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But He answered and said, <span class="woj">“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="woj">Let them alone.</span> <span class="woj">They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Jesus said, <span class="woj">“Are you also still without understanding?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="woj">Do you not yet understand that</span> <span class="woj">whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woj">But</span> <span class="woj">those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="woj">For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="woj">These are <i>the things</i> which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”</span></span></p> <h3> A Gentile Shows Her Faith</span></h3><p><span class="text Matt-15-21"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But He answered her not a word.</span></p><p><span class="text Matt-15-23">And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But He answered and said, <span class="woj">“I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But He answered and said, <span class="woj">“It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw <i>it</i> to the little</span> <span class="woj">dogs.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Jesus answered and said to her, <span class="woj">“O woman,</span> <span class="woj">great <i>is</i> your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.”</span> And her daughter was healed from that very hour.</span></p> <h3> Jesus Heals Great Multitudes</span></h3><p><span class="text Matt-15-29"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them <i>the</i> lame, blind, mute, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So the multitude marveled when they saw <i>the</i> mute speaking, <i>the</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>maimed made whole, <i>the</i> lame walking, and <i>the</i> blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.</span></p> <h3> Feeding the Four Thousand</span></h3><p><span class="text Matt-15-32"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Now Jesus called His disciples to <i>Himself</i> and said, <span class="woj">“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then His disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, <span class="woj">“How many loaves do you have?”</span></span></p><p><span class="text Matt-15-34">And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke <i>them</i> and gave <i>them</i> to His disciples; and the disciples <i>gave</i> to the multitude. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>Magdala.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-23640a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 15:6">Matthew 15:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>or mother</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23640b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 15:6">Matthew 15:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>word</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23642c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 15:8">Matthew 15:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>draw near to Me with their mouth, And</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23664d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 15:30">Matthew 15:30</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>crippled</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23665e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 15:31">Matthew 15:31</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>crippled</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23673f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 15:39">Matthew 15:39</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>Magadan</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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