Matthew 15
15
1Then came to Iesus the Scribes and Pharises, which were of Hierusalem, saying, 2Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their hands when they eate bread. 3But he answered and said vnto them, Why doe yee also transgresse the commandement of God by your tradition? 4For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5But ye say, Whosoeuer shall say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite, 6Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commandement of God of no aucthoritie by your tradition. 7O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying, 8This people draweth neere vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is farre off from me. 9But in vaine they worship me, teaching for doctrines, mens precepts. 10Then hee called the multitude vnto him, and said to them, Heare and vnderstand. 11That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that defileth the man. 12Then came his disciples, and saide vnto him, Perceiuest thou not, that the Pharises are offended in hearing this saying? 13But hee answered and saide, Euery plant which mine heauenly Father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp. 14Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche. 15Then answered Peter, and said to him, Declare vnto vs this parable. 16Then said Iesus, Are ye yet without vnderstanding? 17Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out into the draught? 18But those thinges which proceede out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders. 20These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man. 21And Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyrus and Sidon. 22And beholde, a woman a Cananite came out of the same coasts, and cried, saying vnto him, Haue mercie on me, O Lord, the sonne of Dauid: my daughter is miserably vexed with a deuil. 23But hee answered her not a worde. Then came to him his disciples, and besought him, saying, Sende her away, for she crieth after vs. 24But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel. 25Yet she came, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, helpe me. 26And he answered, and said, It is not good to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to whelps. 27But she said, Trueth, Lord: yet in deede the whelpes eate of the crommes, which fall from their masters table. 28Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee, as thou desirest. And her daughter was made whole at that houre. 29So Iesus went away from thence, and came neere vnto the sea of Galile, and went vp into a mountaine and sate downe there. 30And great multitudes came vnto him, hauing with them, halt, blinde, dumme, maymed, and many other, and cast them downe at Iesus feete, and he healed them. 31In so much that the multitude wondered, to see the dumme speake, the maimed whole, the halt to goe, and the blinde to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 32Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, and said, I haue compassion on this multitude, because they haue continued with mee already three dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and I wil not let them depart fasting, least they faint in the way. 33And his disciples saide vnto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wildernes, as should suffice so great a multitude! 34And Iesus said vnto them, How many loaues haue ye? And they said, Seuen, and a few litle fishes. 35Then he commanded the multitude to sit downe on the ground, 36And tooke the seuen loaues, and the fishes, and gaue thankes, and brake them, and gaue to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37And they did all eate, and were sufficed: and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, seuen baskets full. 38And they that had eaten, were foure thousand men, beside women, and litle children. 39Then Iesus sent away the multitude, and tooke ship, and came into the partes of Magdala.
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Matthew 15
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What Pollutes Your Life
1-2After that, Pharisees and religion scholars came to Jesus all the way from Jerusalem, criticizing, “Why do your disciples play fast and loose with the rules?”
3-9But Jesus put it right back on them. “Why do you use your rules to play fast and loose with God’s commands? God clearly says, ‘Respect your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone denouncing father or mother should be killed.’ But you weasel around that by saying, ‘Whoever wants to, can say to father and mother, What I owed to you I’ve given to God.’ That can hardly be called respecting a parent. You cancel God’s command by your rules. Frauds! Isaiah’s prophecy of you hit the bull’s-eye:
These people make a big show of saying the right thing,
but their heart isn’t in it.
They act like they’re worshiping me,
but they don’t mean it.
They just use me as a cover
for teaching whatever suits their fancy.”
10-11He then called the crowd together and said, “Listen, and take this to heart. It’s not what you swallow that pollutes your life, but what you vomit up.”
12Later his disciples came and told him, “Did you know how upset the Pharisees were when they heard what you said?”
13-14Jesus shrugged it off. “Every tree that wasn’t planted by my Father in heaven will be pulled up by its roots. Forget them. They are blind men leading blind men. When a blind man leads a blind man, they both end up in the ditch.”
15Peter said, “I don’t get it. Put it in plain language.”
16-20Jesus replied, “You, too? Are you being willfully stupid? Don’t you know that anything that is swallowed works its way through the intestines and is finally defecated? But what comes out of the mouth gets its start in the heart. It’s from the heart that we vomit up evil arguments, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, lies, and cussing. That’s what pollutes. Eating or not eating certain foods, washing or not washing your hands—that’s neither here nor there.”
Healing the People
21-22From there Jesus took a trip to Tyre and Sidon. They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, “Mercy, Master, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly afflicted by an evil spirit.”
23Jesus ignored her. The disciples came and complained, “Now she’s bothering us. Would you please take care of her? She’s driving us crazy.”
24Jesus refused, telling them, “I’ve got my hands full dealing with the lost sheep of Israel.”
25Then the woman came back to Jesus, dropped to her knees, and begged. “Master, help me.”
26He said, “It’s not right to take bread out of children’s mouths and throw it to dogs.”
27She was quick: “You’re right, Master, but beggar dogs do get scraps from the master’s table.”
28Jesus gave in. “Oh, woman, your faith is something else. What you want is what you get!” Right then her daughter became well.
29-31After Jesus returned, he walked along Lake Galilee and then climbed a mountain and took his place, ready to receive visitors. They came, tons of them, bringing along the paraplegic, the blind, the maimed, the mute—all sorts of people in need—and more or less threw them down at Jesus’ feet to see what he would do with them. He healed them. When the people saw the mutes speaking, the maimed healthy, the paraplegics walking around, the blind looking around, they were astonished and let everyone know that God was blazingly alive among them.
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32But Jesus wasn’t finished with them. He called his disciples and said, “I hurt for these people. For three days now they’ve been with me, and now they have nothing to eat. I can’t send them away without a meal—they’d probably collapse on the road.”
33His disciples said, “But where in this deserted place are you going to dig up enough food for a meal?”
34-39Jesus asked, “How much bread do you have?”
“Seven loaves,” they said, “plus a few fish.” At that, Jesus directed the people to sit down. He took the seven loaves and the fish. After giving thanks, he divided it up and gave it to the people. Everyone ate. They had all they wanted. It took seven large baskets to collect the leftovers. Over four thousand people ate their fill at that meal. After Jesus sent them away, he climbed in the boat and crossed over to the Magadan hills.
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