^ Mt 15.1: Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
^ Mt 15.2: Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
^ Mt 15.3: But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
^ Mt 15.4: For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
^ Mt 15.5: But ye say, Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
^ Mt 15.6: And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
^ Mt 15.7: [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
^ Mt 15.8: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.
^ Mt 15.9: But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
^ Mt 15.10: And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
^ Mt 15.11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
^ Mt 15.12: Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
^ Mt 15.13: But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
^ Mt 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.
^ Mt 15.15: Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
^ Mt 15.16: And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
^ Mt 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?
^ Mt 15.18: But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
^ Mt 15.19: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
^ Mt 15.20: These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
^ Mt 15.21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
^ Mt 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.
^ Mt 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.
^ Mt 15.24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
^ Mt 15.25: Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
^ Mt 15.26: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.
^ Mt 15.27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
^ Mt 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.
^ Mt 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.
^ Mt 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:
^ Mt 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.
^ Mt 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.
^ Mt 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?
^ Mt 15.34: And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
^ Mt 15.35: And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
^ Mt 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.
^ Mt 15.37: And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven baskets full.
^ Mt 15.38: And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
^ Mt 15.39: And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.