--- title: Matthew 15 slug: kjv-nt/matthew-15 createdAt: 2024-08-28T01:23:45.668Z --- **1 **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.