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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Christian Standard Bible</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.js'></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/matthew/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Matthew.15" /><h3 class="head1">The Tradition of the Elders</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Jesus was approached by Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem, who asked,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Why do your disciples<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He answered them, <span class="redletter">“Why do you break God’s commandment because of your tradition? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For God said:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span class="otquote">Honor your father and your mother;</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and, <span class="otquote">Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.4.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But you say, ‘Whoever tells his father or mother, “Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift committed to the temple,” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>he does not have to honor his father.’<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> In this way, you have nullified the word of God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.6.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> because of your tradition. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said:</span></p><blockquote class="otdynprose"><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="otquote">This people</span><a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span class="otquote">honors me with their lips,</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">but their heart is far from me.</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="otquote">They worship me in vain,</span></span></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span class="otquote">teaching as doctrines human commands.</span>”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">Defilement Is from Within</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Summoning the crowd, he told them, <span class="redletter">“Listen and understand: <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> a person, but what comes out of the mouth — this defiles a person.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the disciples came up and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He replied, <span class="redletter">“Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Leave them alone! They are blind guides.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Peter said, “Explain this parable to us.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Do you still lack understanding? ”</span> he<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> asked. <span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Don’t you realize<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.17.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> slander.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><h3 class="head1">A Gentile Mother’s Faith</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When Jesus left there,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> he withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely tormented by a demon.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> approached him and urged him, “Send her away because she’s crying out after us.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He replied, <span class="redletter">“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But she came, knelt before him, and said, “Lord, help me! ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He answered, <span class="redletter">“It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Jesus replied to her, <span class="redletter">“Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you want.”</span> And from that moment<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.28.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> her daughter was healed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Healing Many People</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Moving on from there,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.29.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> He went up on a mountain and sat there, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and large crowds came to him, including the lame, the blind, the crippled, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he healed them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So the crowd was amazed when they saw those unable to speak talking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and they gave glory to the God of Israel.</p><h3 class="head1">Feeding of the Four Thousand</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jesus called his disciples and said,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span class="redletter">“I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, otherwise they might collapse on the way.”</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The disciples said to him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to feed such a crowd? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“How many loaves do you have? ”</span> Jesus asked them.</p><p class="scripture">“Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>They all ate and were satisfied. They collected the leftover pieces — seven large baskets full. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Now there were four thousand men who had eaten, besides women and children. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Matthew.15.39" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>After dismissing the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Matthew.15.39.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Matthew.15.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Matthew.15" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.2">15:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">eat bread</span> = eat a meal</aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.4">15:4</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">commanded, saying</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.6">15:6</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">then he does not have to honor his father or mother</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.6.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.6">15:6</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">commandment</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.8">15:8</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">draw near to me with their mouths, and</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.14">15:14</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">for the blind</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.16">15:16</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Jesus</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.17">15:17</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">yet</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.17.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.17">15:17</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">and goes out into the toilet</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.22">15:22</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">and cried out to him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.28.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.28">15:28</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">hour</span></aside><aside id="fn.Matthew.15.39.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.39">15:39</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">Magdala</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Matthew.15" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.1">15:1-20</a></span> Mk 7:1–23</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.1">15:1</a></span> Mk 3:22; Jn 1:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.2">15:2</a></span> Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.2">15:2</a></span> Lk 11:38; Gl 1:14; Col 2:8; Heb 11:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.4">15:4</a></span> Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.4">15:4</a></span> Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16; Eph 6:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.4">15:4</a></span> Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.4.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.4">15:4</a></span> Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.8">15:8-9</a></span> Is 29:13; Ezk 33:31; Col 2:22; Ti 1:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.8">15:8-9</a></span> Is 29:13 LXX</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.11">15:11</a></span> Mt 15:18; Mk 7:15; Ac 21:28; Heb 9:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.11">15:11</a></span> Ac 10:14–15; 1Tm 4:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.13">15:13</a></span> Is 60:21; 61:3; Jn 15:2; 1Co 3:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.14">15:14</a></span> Mal 2:8; Mt 23:16,24; Lk 6:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.15">15:15</a></span> Mt 13:36; Mk 7:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.18">15:18</a></span> Mt 12:34; Jms 3:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.19">15:19</a></span> Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; 1Tm 6:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.19">15:19</a></span> Ex 20:13–16; Gl 5:19–21; Jms 2:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.20">15:20</a></span> Mt 11:18; Mk 7:2,5; 1Co 6:9–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.21">15:21-28</a></span> Mk 7:24–30</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.21">15:21</a></span> Mt 11:21; Mk 7:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.22">15:22</a></span> Gn 10:15,19; Jdg 1:30–33; Mt 4:24; 9:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.23">15:23</a></span> Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.24">15:24</a></span> Mt 10:6,23; Jn 4:22; Rm 15:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.26">15:26</a></span> Ex 22:31; 2Kg 9:10; Mt 8:2; Php 3:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.28">15:28</a></span> Mt 9:22; 17:18; Jn 4:52–53</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.29">15:29-31</a></span> Mk 7:31–37</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.29.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.29">15:29</a></span> Mt 9:8; 18:8; Mk 9:43</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.31">15:31</a></span> Is 29:23; Lk 1:68; Ac 13:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.32">15:32-39</a></span> Mt 14:14–21; Mk 8:1–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.33">15:33</a></span> Mk 8:4; 2Co 11:26; Heb 11:38</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.36">15:36</a></span> Mt 26:27; Lk 22:17; Jn 6:11,23; Ac 27:35; Rm 14:6; 1Co 10:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Matthew.15.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Matthew.15.39">15:39</a></span> Mk 3:9; 8:10</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Matthew.15" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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