Matthew 15

1Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

1Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

2Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

3But he answering said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment ofGod on account of your traditional teaching?

3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

4ForGod commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:

5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

6and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment ofGod on account of your traditional teaching.

6And 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.

7Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

8This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

9but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.

9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

10And having called to [him] the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

10And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

11Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

12Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

13But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

15And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.

15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

16But he said, Are ye also still without intelligence?

16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

17Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

18but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

20these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

21And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;

21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

22And, 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.

23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to [him] and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

24But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

25But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.

25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.

27But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

28Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith [is] great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

28Then 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.

29And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

29And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

30and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:

30And 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:

31so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified theGod of Israel.

31Insomuch 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.

32But Jesus, having called his disciples to [him], said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

32Then 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.

33And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

34And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

35And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

36and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

36And 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.

37And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

38but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

39And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.

39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.