Thematic Bible
Matthew 15:1 (show verse)
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees who were of Jerusalem, saying,
Matthew 15:2 (show verse)
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?
Matthew 15:3 (show verse)
For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answering said, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God thro' your tradition?
Matthew 15:4 (show verse)
For God commanded, Honour thy father and mother: and He that revileth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew 15:5 (show verse)
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest have been profited by me:
Matthew 15:6 (show verse)
Let him not honour his father or his mother. Thus have ye made void the command of God thro' your tradition.
Matthew 15:7 (show verse)
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophecy of you, saying,
Matthew 15:8 (show verse)
This people draweth nigh to me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Matthew 15:9 (show verse)
But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Matthew 15:10 (show verse)
And calling the multitudes he said to them, Hear and understand.
Matthew 15:11 (show verse)
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man, but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth the man.
Matthew 15:12 (show verse)
Then came his disciples and said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, hearing this saying, were offended?
Matthew 15:13 (show verse)
He answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.
Matthew 15:14 (show verse)
Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind: but if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a ditch.
Matthew 15:15 (show verse)
Then answered Peter and said to him, Declare to us this parable.
Matthew 15:16 (show verse)
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Matthew 15:17 (show verse)
Do not ye yet understand, that whatever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the vault?
Matthew 15:18 (show verse)
But those things which proceed out of the mouth, come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
Matthew 15:19 (show verse)
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings.
Matthew 15:20 (show verse)
These are the things which defile a man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Matthew 15:21 (show verse)
And Jesus going thence, retired to the coast of Tyre and Sidon.
Matthew 15:22 (show verse)
And behold a woman of Canaan, of those coasts, came and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David: my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Matthew 15:23 (show verse)
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth after us.
Matthew 15:24 (show verse)
But he answering said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:25 (show verse)
Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Matthew 15:26 (show verse)
But he answering said, It is not right, to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
Matthew 15:27 (show verse)
And she said, True, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.
Matthew 15:28 (show verse)
And Jesus answering said to her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Matthew 15:29 (show verse)
And Jesus passing thence, came nigh the sea of Galilee; and going up into a mountain, he sat down there.
Matthew 15:30 (show verse)
And great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, disabled, and many others; and cast them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them:
Matthew 15:31 (show verse)
So that the multitudes wondered, seeing the dumb to speak, the disabled whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Matthew 15:32 (show verse)
Then Jesus calling his disciples to him said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Matthew 15:33 (show verse)
And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so much bread in a wilderness, as to satisfy so great a multitude?
Matthew 15:34 (show verse)
And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have you?
Matthew 15:35 (show verse)
They said, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass.
Matthew 15:36 (show verse)
And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, he gave thanks and brake them and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew 15:37 (show verse)
And they all ate and were satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained seven baskets full.
Matthew 15:38 (show verse)
And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Matthew 15:39 (show verse)
And having sent away the multitude, he took ship again, and came into the coasts of Magdala.