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Themes in Matthew 15
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Themes in Matthew 15

Matthew 15:1

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

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

Matthew 15:3

So he answered [and] said to them, "Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Matthew 15:4

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

Matthew 15:5

But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or his mother, "Whatever {benefit you would have received} from me [is] a gift [to God],"

Matthew 15:6

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Matthew 15:7

Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,

Matthew 15:8

'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,

Matthew 15:9

and they worship me in vain, teaching [as] doctrines the commandments of men.'"

Matthew 15:10

And summoning the crowd, he said to them, "Hear and understand:

Matthew 15:11

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth--this defiles a person."

Matthew 15:12

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

Matthew 15:13

And he answered [and] said, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Matthew 15:14

Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

Matthew 15:15

But Peter answered [and] said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

Matthew 15:16

But he said, "Are you also still without understanding?

Matthew 15:17

Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and is evacuated into the latrine?

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

Matthew 15:20

These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!"

Matthew 15:21

And departing from there, Jesus went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 15:22

And behold, a Canaanite woman from that district came [and] cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter [is] severely possessed by a demon!"

Matthew 15:23

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up [and] asked him, saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us!"

Matthew 15:24

But he answered [and] said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Matthew 15:25

But she came [and] knelt down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

Matthew 15:26

And he answered [and] said, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw [it] to the dogs!"

Matthew 15:27

So she said, "Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

Matthew 15:28

Then Jesus answered [and] said to her, "O woman, your faith [is] great! Let it be done for you as you want." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Matthew 15:29

And departing from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up on the mountain [and] was sitting there.

Matthew 15:30

And large crowds came to him, having with them [the] mute, blind, lame, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at his feet, and he healed them.

Matthew 15:31

So then the crowd was astonished [when they] saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

Matthew 15:32

And Jesus summoned his disciples [and] said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat, and I do not want to send them away hungry lest they give out on the way."

Matthew 15:33

And the disciples said to him, "Where in [this] desolate place {can we get} so much bread that such a great crowd could be satisfied?"

Matthew 15:34

And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" So they said, "Seven, and a few little fish."

Matthew 15:35

And commanding the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground,

Matthew 15:36

he took the seven loaves and the fish and [after he] had given thanks, he broke [them] and began giving [them] to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

Matthew 15:37

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

Matthew 15:38

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

Matthew 15:39

And [after he] sent away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
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