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Matthew 15 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Tradition and Commandment

(Mar 7:1–23 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:1 - Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:7 - Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:9 - But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:10 - And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:13 - But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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.

The Heart of Man

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:16 - And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19 - For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:20 - These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

The Syrophoenician Woman

(Mar 7:24–30 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:21 - Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:25 - Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:27 - And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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.

Healing Crowds

(Mar 7:31–37 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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.

Four Thousand Fed

(Mar 8:1–10 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:38 - And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:39 - And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
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Matthew Chapter 15 — Additional Translations:

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