• Matthew 15:7

    Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

  • Matthew 15:8

    This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

  • Matthew 15:9

    But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

  • Matthew 15:10

    And he called the multitude, and said unto them,Hear, and understand:

  • Matthew 15:11

    Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

  • Matthew 15:12

    Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

  • Matthew 15:13

    But he answered and said,Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

  • Matthew 15:14

    Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

  • Matthew 15:15

    Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

  • Matthew 15:16

    And Jesus said,Are ye also yet without understanding?

  • Matthew 15:17

    Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

  • Matthew 15:18

    But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

  • Matthew 15:19

    For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  • Matthew 15:20

    These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

  • Matthew 15:21

    Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

  • Matthew 15:22

    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.

  • Matthew 15:23

    But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

  • Matthew 15:24

    But he answered and said,I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Matthew 15:25

    Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

  • Matthew 15:26

    But he answered and said,It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

  • Matthew 15:27

    And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

  • Matthew 15:28

    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.

  • Matthew 15:29

    And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

  • Matthew 15:30

    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:

  • Matthew 15:31

    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.

  • Matthew 15:32

    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.

  • Matthew 15:33

    And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

  • Matthew 15:34

    And Jesus saith unto them,How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

  • Matthew 15:35

    And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

  • Matthew 15:36

    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.

  • Matthew 15:37

    And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

  • Matthew 15:38

    And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

  • Matthew 15:39

    And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

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