Matthew 15

Thomson^{(i) 1} Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem accosted Jesus, saying, ² Why do thy disciples transgress the doctrine of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³ In reply to which he said to them, Why do you transgress the commandment of God, from a regard to your doctrines? ⁴ For God commanded saying, "Honour thy father and thy mother, and whosoever revileth father or mother let him be put to death: ⁵ but you say, "Whoever shall say to his father or to his mother, Let that by which thou mightest be benefited by me, be dedicated, ⁶ must not honour either his father or his mother." Thus you have annulled the commandment of God from a regard to your doctrines. ⁷ Hypocrites! well did Esaias prophesy concerning you, saying, ⁸ This people draw near to me with their mouth; and with their lips they honour me, but their heart is far from me; ⁹ and, in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines, the commands of men. ¹⁰ Then having called the multitude to him, he said to them, Hear and understand; ¹¹ It is not that which goeth into the mouth which defileth the man; but it is that which cometh out of the mouth, which defileth the man. ¹² Then his disciples coming to him said, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard that saying, were offended? ¹³ In reply to which he said, Every plant which my heavenly father hath not planted, is to be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone. They are blind leaders of blind. Now if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into a ditch. ¹⁵ Then Peter addressing him said, Explain to us this parable. ¹⁶ Whereupon Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not yet perceive, that whatever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is thrown out into the sink? ¹⁸ And that what proceed from the mouth come from the heart, and that these defile the man? ¹⁹ For out of the heart come malicious surmises, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies. ²⁰ These are the things which defile the man: but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man. ²¹ Then Jesus having left that place, withdrew into the confines of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And lo! a Chananitish woman from those quarters came out and cried with a loud voice, saying to him, Have pity on me, O my lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously afflicted by a demon. ²³ But he made her no answer. Then his disciples came near and intreated him, saying, Dismiss this woman, for she crieth after us. ²⁴ And he in reply said, My mission is only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ She nevertheless advanced, and prostrating herself before him, said, O my lord, help me. ²⁶ Whereupon he in reply said, It is not seemly to take the childrens bread and cast it to the dogs. ²⁷ And she said, True, Sir. Yet even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. ²⁸ Thereupon Jesus in reply said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; Be it to thee as thou desirest. And from that instant her daughter was healed. ²⁹ When Jesus left that place he came nigh to the sea of Galilee, and having ascended the mountain, he sat down there, ³⁰ and great multitudes flocked to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the cripple and many others, whom they laid at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them; ³¹ insomuch that the people beheld with amaze the dumb speaking, the cripple sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² Then Jesus called his disciples and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have attended me now three days, and have nothing to eat. I will not send them away fasting. ³³ Perhaps they may faint on the road. Thereupon his disciples say to him, Whence can we get loaves enough, in a wilderness, to satisfy so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. ³⁵ Then commanding the multitude to recline on the ground, ³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and having given thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples; and the disciples [distributed] to the people. ³⁷ And when they had all eaten and were satisfied, there were carried off seven baskets full of the fragments left. ³⁸ Now they who had eaten were about four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ Then having dismissed the multitude, he embarked and came to the coast of Magdala.