15:1 Then
Pharisees
and
scribes
came
to
Jesus
from
Jerusalem
and
said,
15:2 "Why
do
your
disciples
break
the
tradition
of
the
elders
For
they
do
not
wash
their
hands
when
they
eat."
15:3 He
answered
them,
"And
why
do
you
break
the
commandment
of
God
for
the
sake
of
your
tradition
15:4 For
God
commanded,
'Honor
your
father
and
your
mother,'
and,
'Whoever
reviles
father
or
mother
must
surely
die.'
15:5 But
you
say,
'If
anyone
tells
his
father
or
his
mother,
"What
you
would
have
gained
from
me
is
given
to
God,"
15:6 he
need
not
honor
his
father.'
So
for
the
sake
of
your
tradition
you
have
made
void
the
word
of
God.
15:7 You
hypocrites!
Well
did
Isaiah
prophesy
of
you,
when
he
said:
15:8 "'This
people
honors
me
with
their
lips,
but
their
heart
is
far
from
me;
15:9 in
vain
do
they
worship
me,
teaching
as
doctrines
the
commandments
of
men.'"
15:10 And
he
called
the
people
to
him
and
said
to
them,
"Hear
and
understand:
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."
15:12 Then
the
disciples
came
and
said
to
him,
"Do
you
know
that
the
Pharisees
were
offended
when
they
heard
this
saying"
15:13 He
answered,
"Every
plant
that
my
heavenly
Father
has
not
planted
will
be
rooted
up.
15:14 Let
them
alone;
they
are
blind
guides.
And
if
the
blind
lead
the
blind,
both
will
fall
into
a
pit."
15:15 But
Peter
said
to
him,
"Explain
the
parable
to
us."
15:16 And
he
said,
"Are
you
also
still
without
understanding
15:17 Do
you
not
see
that
whatever
goes
into
the
mouth
passes
into
the
stomach
and
is
expelled
15:18 But
what
comes
out
of
the
mouth
proceeds
from
the
heart,
and
this
defiles
a
person.
15:19 For
out
of
the
heart
come
evil
thoughts,
murder,
adultery,
sexual
immorality,
theft,
false
witness,
slander.
15:20 These
are
what
defile
a
person.
But
to
eat
with
unwashed
hands
does
not
defile
anyone."
15:21 And
Jesus
went
away
from
there
and
withdrew
to
the
district
of
Tyre
and
Sidon.
15:22 And
behold,
a
Canaanite
woman
from
that
region
came
out
and
was
crying,
"Have
mercy
on
me,
O
Lord,
Son
of
David;
my
daughter
is
severely
oppressed
by
a
demon."
15:23 But
he
did
not
answer
her
a
word.
And
his
disciples
came
and
begged
him,
saying,
"Send
her
away,
for
she
is
crying
out
after
us."
15:24 He
answered,
"I
was
sent
only
to
the
lost
sheep
of
the
house
of
Israel."
15:25 But
she
came
and
knelt
before
him,
saying,
"Lord,
help
me."
15:26 And
he
answered,
"It
is
not
right
to
take
the
children's
bread
and
throw
it
to
the
dogs."
15:27 She
said,
"Yes,
Lord,
yet
even
the
dogs
eat
the
crumbs
that
fall
from
their
masters'
table."
15:28 Then
Jesus
answered
her,
"O
woman,
great
is
your
faith!
Be
it
done
for
you
as
you
desire."
And
her
daughter
was
healed
instantly.
15:29 Jesus
went
on
from
there
and
walked
beside
the
Sea
of
Galilee.
And
he
went
up
on
the
mountain
and
sat
down
there.
15:30 And
great
crowds
came
to
him,
bringing
with
them
the
lame,
the
blind,
the
crippled,
the
mute,
and
many
others,
and
they
put
them
at
his
feet,
and
he
healed
them,
15:31 so
that
the
crowd
wondered,
when
they
saw
the
mute
speaking,
the
crippled
healthy,
the
lame
walking,
and
the
blind
seeing.
And
they
glorified
the
God
of
Israel.
15:32 Then
Jesus
called
his
disciples
to
him
and
said,
"I
have
compassion
on
the
crowd
because
they
have
been
with
me
now
three
days
and
have
nothing
to
eat.
And
I
am
unwilling
to
send
them
away
hungry,
lest
they
faint
on
the
way."
15:33 And
the
disciples
said
to
him,
"Where
are
we
to
get
enough
bread
in
such
a
desolate
place
to
feed
so
great
a
crowd"
15:34 And
Jesus
said
to
them,
"How
many
loaves
do
you
have"
They
said,
"Seven,
and
a
few
small
fish."
15:35 And
directing
the
crowd
to
sit
down
on
the
ground,
15:36 he
took
the
seven
loaves
and
the
fish,
and
having
given
thanks
he
broke
them
and
gave
them
to
the
disciples,
and
the
disciples
gave
them
to
the
crowds.
15:37 And
they
all
ate
and
were
satisfied.
And
they
took
up
seven
baskets
full
of
the
broken
pieces
left
over.
15:38 Those
who
ate
were
four
thousand
men,
besides
women
and
children.
15:39 And
after
sending
away
the
crowds,
he
got
into
the
boat
and
went
to
the
region
of
Magadan.