15 Then came to Jesus scribes
and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition
of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why
do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God
commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father
or mother, let him die the death. 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; 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. 7 Ye hypocrites,
well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people
draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me. 9 But in
vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 10 And he called the multitude, and said
unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which
goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth,
this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto
him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this
saying? 13 But he answered and said,
Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted
up. 14 Let them
alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind,
both shall fall into the ditch. 15 Then answered Peter and said unto him,
Declare unto us this parable. 16 And Jesus said, Are
ye also yet without understanding? 17 Do not
ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the
belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18 But those
things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they
defile the man. 19 For out
of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts,
false witness, blasphemies: 20 These
are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth
not a man.
21
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 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. 23 But he answered her not a word. And
his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth
after us. 24 But he answered and said, I
am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It
is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the
dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 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. 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and
came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat
down there. 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: 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. 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. 33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence
should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a
multitude? 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How
many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And he commanded the multitude to
sit down on the ground. 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. 37 And they did all eat, and were filled:
and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 38 And they that did eat were four thousand
men, beside women and children. 39 And he sent away the multitude, and
took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.