Matthew 15
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Mk 7.1-23. Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3He answered them, “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4#Ex 20.12; Deut 5.16; Ex 21.17; Lev 20.9. For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.’ 5But you say, ‘If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God,#15.5 Or an offering he need not honor his father.’ 6So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word#15.6 Other ancient authorities read law of God. 7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
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Is 29.13. ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ ”
10And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: 11#Acts 10.14-15; 1 Tim 4.3. not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” 12Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” 13#Is 60.21; Jn 15.2. He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. 14#Lk 6.39; Mt 23.16,24; Rom 2.19. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” 15But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?#15.17 Or is evacuated 18But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man. 19#Gal 5.19-21; 1 Cor 6.9-10; Rom 14.14. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. 20These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
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Mk 7.24-30. And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” 23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” 24#Mt 10.6,23. He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25#Mt 8.2; 18.26; 20.20; Jn 9.38. But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” 28#Mt 9.22,28; Mk 10.52; Lk 7.50; 17.19. Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
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Mk 7.31-37. And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there. 30And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the dumb, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31so that the throng wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
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Mk 8.1-10; Mt 14.13-21. #Mt 9.36. Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” 33And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?” 34And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves have you?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 38Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39And sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
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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,
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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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