Matthew 15:2-39

2“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they 1do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” 3And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4For God said, ‘2Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘3He who speaks evil of father or mother is to 4be put to death.’ 5But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been 5given to God,” 6he is not to honor his father or his mother6.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:8‘7This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.9But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as 8doctrines the precepts of men.’”

10After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand. 119It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

12Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were 10offended when they heard this statement?” 13But He answered and said, “11Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. 14Let them alone; 12they are blind guides 13of the blind. And 14if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

15Peter 15said to Him, “16Explain the parable to us.” 1617Jesus said, “Are you still lacking in understanding also? 17Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is 18eliminated? 18But 19the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. 1920For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, 21fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. 20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

2122Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of 23Tyre and 24Sidon. 22And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, 25Son of David; my daughter is cruelly 26demon-possessed.” 23But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting 27at us.” 24But He answered and said, “I was sent only to 28the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25But she came and 29began 30to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” 26And He answered and said, “It is not 31good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27But she said, “Yes, Lord; 32but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” 28Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, 33your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed 34at once.

2935Departing from there, Jesus went along by 36the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. 30And 37large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and 38He healed them. 31So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled 39restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they 40glorified the God of Israel.

3241And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “42I feel compassion for the 43people, because they 44have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.” 33The disciples said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” 34And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35And He directed the 45people to 46sit down on the ground; 36and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and 47giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 37And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large 48baskets full. 38And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

39And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into 49the boat and came to the region of 50Magadan.