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Matthew 15

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Matthew 15 Bible text

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Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

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Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

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“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

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

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He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

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For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

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But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”

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But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;

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he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

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he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

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You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

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Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

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‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

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This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

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And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”

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But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

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He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.

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

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That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

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Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

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Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

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

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But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

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

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Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

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Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

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Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

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And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

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So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?

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And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

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Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?

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Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

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But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

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

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For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

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For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

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These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”

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these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

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Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

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And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

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Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”

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And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

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But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

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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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But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

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

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But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

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But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

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But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

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

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But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

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

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Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

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Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

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Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat there.

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

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Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,

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And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them:

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so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.

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insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.

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Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”

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And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.

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The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”

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And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?

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Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

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

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He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

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And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

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and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

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and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

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They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

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And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

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Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.

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

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Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.

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And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.