| 15:1 |
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were
of Jerusalem, saying,
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| 15:2 |
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
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| 15:3 |
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also
transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
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| 15:4 |
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and
mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him
die the death.
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| 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;
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| 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.
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| 15:7 |
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you,
saying,
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| 15:8 |
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far
from me.
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| 15:9 |
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men.
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| 15:10 |
And he called the multitude, and said unto them,
Hear, and understand:
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| 15:11 |
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;
but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a
man.
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| 15:12 |
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest
thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard
this saying?
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| 15:13 |
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my
heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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| 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.
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| 15:15 |
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto
us this parable.
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| 15:16 |
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without
understanding?
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| 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?
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| 15:18 |
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come
forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
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| 15:19 |
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,
blasphemies:
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| 15:20 |
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat
with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
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| 15:21 |
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts
of Tyre and Sidon.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 15:24 |
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the
lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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| 15:25 |
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help
me.
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| 15:26 |
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
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| 15:27 |
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the
crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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:
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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?
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| 15:34 |
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?
And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
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| 15:35 |
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the
ground.
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| 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.
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| 15:37 |
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took
up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
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| 15:38 |
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside
women and children.
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| 15:39 |
And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and
came into the coasts of Magdala.
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