Matthew 15
15
1Then some Pharisees and religious teachers from Jerusalem came to Jesus and asked him, 2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of our forefathers by not washing their hands before they eat a meal?”
3“Why do you break God's commandment because of your tradition?” Jesus replied. 4“For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’#15:4. Quoting Exodus 20:12 or Deuteronomy 5:16. and ‘Those who curse their father or mother should be put to death.’#15:4. Quoting Exodus 21:17 or Leviticus 20:9. 5But you say that if someone tells their father or mother, ‘Whatever you might have expected to get from me is now a gift to God,’ then 6they don't have to honor their father. In this way you've annulled God's word for the sake of your tradition. 7You hypocrites! How well Isaiah described you when he prophesied: 8‘These people say they honor me but in their minds they don't care about me.#15:8. Or “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are a long way from me.” 9Their worship of me is pointless. What they teach are just man-made requirements.’”#15:9. Quoting Isaiah 29:13.
10He called the crowd over and told them, “Listen, and understand this: 11it's not what goes into you through your mouth that defiles you. It's what comes out of your mouth that defiles you.”
12Then Jesus' disciples came to him and said, “You do realize that the Pharisees were offended by what you said.”
13“Every plant my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted,” Jesus replied. 14“Forget about them—they are blind guides.#15:14. Referring to the Pharisees. If a blind man leads another blind man, then they'll both fall into a ditch.”
15Then Peter asked, “Please tell us what you mean by this illustration.”#15:15. Referring to what Jesus said in verse 11.
16“Haven't you understood this yet?” replied Jesus. 17“Don't you see that whatever goes in through the mouth then passes through the stomach, and then leaves the body as waste?#15:17. Literally, “discharged into the sewer.” 18But what comes out through the mouth comes from the mind, and that's what defiles you. 19For what comes from the mind are evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and blasphemy 20and those are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands doesn't defile you.”
21Jesus left and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22A Canaanite woman from that area came, shouting out, “Lord, son of David! Please have mercy on me, because my daughter is suffering badly because she's possessed by a demon!” 23But Jesus didn't reply at all. His disciples came to him and told him, “Tell her to stop following us. All her shouting is really annoying!”
24“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel,” Jesus said to the woman. 25But the woman came and kneeled before him, and said, “Lord, please help me!”
26“It's not right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs,#15:26. The word used for dogs indicates pet dogs, or puppies.” Jesus told her.
27“Yes, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat crumbs that fall from their master's table,” she replied.
28“You have great trust in me,” Jesus answered. “Your wish is granted!” And her daughter was healed immediately.
29Jesus returned, passing by the Sea of Galilee. He went into the mountains nearby where he sat down. 30Huge crowds came to him, bringing those who were lame, blind, crippled, dumb, and many others who were sick. They laid them on the ground at his feet, and he healed them. 31The crowd was astounded at what they saw happen: the deaf could speak, the crippled were healed, the lame could walk, and the blind could see. They praised the God of Israel.
32Jesus called his disciples over and told them, “I feel really sorry for all these people, because they've been with me now for three days, and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry, in case they faint on their way home.”
33“Where could we find enough bread here in this desert to feed such a huge crowd?” the disciples responded.
34“How many loaves of bread do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven, and a few small fish,” they replied.
35Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after blessing the food he broke it into pieces and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the crowds. 37Everybody ate until they were full, and then they collected the leftovers, filling seven baskets. 38Four thousand men ate the food, not counting women and children. 39Then he sent the crowds away, got into a boat, and went to the Magadan region.
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Matthew 15
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The Things That Defile
(Mark 7.1-23)
1Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4#Exod 20.12; Deut 5.16; Exod 21.17; Lev 20.9. For God commanded, saying,
Honor thy father and mother:
and,
He that curseth father or mother,
let him die the death.
5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. 7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 #
Isa 29.13. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoreth me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
9But in vain they do worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14#Luke 6.39. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. 16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18#Matt 12.34. But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20these are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
The Canaanite Woman's Faith
(Mark 7.24-30)
21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22And, 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. 23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28Then 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.
Jesus Heals Many People
29And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30And 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: 31insomuch 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.
The Feeding of the Four Thousand
(Mark 8.1-10)
32Then 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. 33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36And 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. 37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. 39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Mag´dala.
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