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Matthew Chapter 15
Matthew Chapter 15 of the Bible
| number | verse |
|---|---|
| 1 | Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying: |
| 2 | Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. |
| 3 | But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: |
| 4 | Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. |
| 5 | But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee. |
| 6 | And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition. |
| 7 | Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying: |
| 8 | This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. |
| 9 | And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men. |
| 10 | And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand. |
| 11 | Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. |
| 12 | Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized? |
| 13 | But he answering them, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. |
| 14 | Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit. |
| 15 | And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable. |
| 16 | But he said: Are you also yet without understanding? |
| 17 | Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy? |
| 18 | But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. |
| 19 | For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. |
| 20 | These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man. |
| 21 | And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. |
| 22 | And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil. |
| 23 | Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us: |
| 24 | And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. |
| 25 | But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me. |
| 26 | Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs. |
| 27 | But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters. |
| 28 | Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour. |
| 29 | And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee. And going up into a mountain, he sat there. |
| 30 | And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them: |
| 31 | So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel. |
| 32 | And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. |
| 33 | And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude? |
| 34 | And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes. |
| 35 | And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground. |
| 36 | And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people. |
| 37 | And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments. |
| 38 | And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children and women. |
| 39 | And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan. |