15:1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
15:2 Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they dont wash their hands when they eat bread.
15:3 He answered them, Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
15:4 For God commanded, Honor your father and your mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.
15:5 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,
15:6 he shall not honor his father or mother. You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
15:7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
15:8 These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
15:9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.
15:10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand.
15:11 That which enters into the mouth doesnt defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
15:12 Then the disciples came, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?
15:13 But he answered, Every plant which my heavenly Father didnt plant will be uprooted.
15:14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.
15:15 Peter answered him, Explain the parable to us.
15:16 So Jesus said, Do you also still not understand?
15:17 Dont you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
15:18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
15:19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
15:20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesnt defile the man.
15:21 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
15:22 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!
15:23 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us.
15:24 But he answered, I wasnt sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
15:25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
15:26 But he answered, It is not appropriate to take the childrens bread and throw it to the dogs.
15:27 But she said, Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters table.
15:28 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.
15:29 Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
15:30 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,
15:31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeingand they glorified the God of Israel.
15:32 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 dont want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.
15:33 The disciples said to him, Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?
15:34 Jesus said to them, How many loaves do you have? They said, Seven, and a few small fish.
15:35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
15:36 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.
15:37 They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
15:38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
15:39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.