{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Gospel According to Saint Matthew<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 15<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,1,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">T<\/span>hen came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,2,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,3,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,4,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,5,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,6,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,7,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,8,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,9,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,10,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,11,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,12,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,13,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,14,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,15,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,16,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,17,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,18,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,19,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,20,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,21,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,22,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,23,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,24,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,25,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"26\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,26,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">26<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children&#039;s bread, and to cast it to dogs.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"27\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,27,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">27<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters&#039; table.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"28\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,28,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">28<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"29\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,29,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">29<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"30\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,30,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">30<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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&#039; feet; and he healed them:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"31\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,31,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">31<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"32\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,32,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">32<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"33\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,33,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">33<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"34\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,34,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">34<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"35\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,35,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">35<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"36\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,36,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">36<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"37\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,37,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">37<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"38\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,38,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">38<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"39\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,1,15,39,&quot;Matthew&quot;)\">39<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/1\/14\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/1\/16\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Chapter 15 — King James Version","book_title":"The Gospel According to Saint Matthew","toolbar_title":"The Gospel According to Saint Matthew — Ch. 15","prev_url":"\/kjv\/2\/1\/14","next_url":"\/kjv\/2\/1\/16","tid":2,"book_id":1,"chapter":15,"num_chapters":28,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Matthew","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/2\/1\/15","meta_desc":"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not the…"}