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Chapter 15 |
| 1 | Then came to
Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, |
| 2 | Why do
thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their
hands when they eat bread. |
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3 | But he answered and said unto them, Why
do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? |
| 4 | For
God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth
father or mother, let him die the death. |
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5 | But ye say, Whosoever shall
say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be
profited by me; |
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6 | And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be
free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your
tradition. |
| 7
| Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you,
saying, |
| 8 |
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. |
| 9 | But in
vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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| 10 | And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and
understand: |
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11 | Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;
but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. |
| 12 | Then
came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were
offended, after they heard this saying? |
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13 | But he answered and said,
Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted
up. |
| 14 |
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the
blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. |
| 15 | Then
answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. |
| 16 | And
Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? |
| 17 | Do not ye
yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly,
and is cast out into the draught? |
| 18 | But those things which
proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the
man. |
| 19 |
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: |
| 20 |
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands
defileth not a man. |
| 21 | Then Jesus went thence, and departed into
the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. |
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22 | And, behold, a woman of Canaan came
out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord,
thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. |
| 23 |
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him,
saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. |
| 24 | But he
answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel. |
| 25
| Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help
me. |
| 26 |
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. |
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27 | And she said, Truth, Lord:
yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. |
| 28 |
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto
thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very
hour. |
| 29 |
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of
Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. |
| 30 | And
great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind,
dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed
them: |
| 31 |
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. |
| 32 | Then Jesus called his
disciples unto him, 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. |
| 33 | And his
disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness,
as to fill so great a multitude? |
| 34 | And Jesus saith unto them,
How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
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| 35 | And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. |
| 36 |
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them,
and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. |
| 37 | And
they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was
left seven baskets full. |
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38 | And they that did eat were four
thousand men, beside women and children. |
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39 | And he sent away the
multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. |
