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Matt 15:1 |
Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, |
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Matt 15:2 |
"Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." |
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Matt 15:3 |
And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? |
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Matt 15:4 |
"For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.' |
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Matt 15:5 |
"But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God," |
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Matt 15:6 |
he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. |
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Matt 15:7 |
"You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: |
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Matt 15:8 |
'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS,
BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. |
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Matt 15:9 |
'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME,
TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'" |
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Matt 15:10 |
After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand. |
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Matt 15:11 |
"It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man." |
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Matt 15:12 |
Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?" |
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Matt 15:13 |
But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. |
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Matt 15:14 |
"Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit." |
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Matt 15:15 |
Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us." |
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Matt 15:16 |
Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also? |
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Matt 15:17 |
"Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? |
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Matt 15:18 |
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. |
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Matt 15:19 |
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. |
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Matt 15:20 |
"These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man." |
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Matt 15:21 |
Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon. |
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Matt 15:22 |
And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed." |
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Matt 15:23 |
But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us." |
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Matt 15:24 |
But He answered and said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." |
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Matt 15:25 |
But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" |
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Matt 15:26 |
And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." |
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Matt 15:27 |
But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." |
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Matt 15:28 |
Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once. |
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Matt 15:29 |
Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. |
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Matt 15:30 |
And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them. |
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Matt 15:31 |
So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. |
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Matt 15:32 |
And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way." |
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Matt 15:33 |
The disciples *said to Him, "Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?" |
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Matt 15:34 |
And Jesus *said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few small fish." |
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Matt 15:35 |
And He directed the people to sit down on the ground; |
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Matt 15:36 |
and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. |
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Matt 15:37 |
And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full. |
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Matt 15:38 |
And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. |
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Matt 15:39 |
And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan. |
