English Bible Presentation Sharing - Matthew Book, chapter 15, verse 5 in Net Version

Matthew 15 : 1 (NET)

Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

Matthew 15 : 2 (NET)

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."

Matthew 15 : 3 (NET)

He answered them, "And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Matthew 15 : 4 (NET)

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

Matthew 15 : 5 (NET)

But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

Matthew 15 : 6 (NET)

he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

Matthew 15 : 7 (NET)

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

Matthew 15 : 8 (NET)

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

Matthew 15 : 9 (NET)

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

Matthew 15 : 10 (NET)

Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.

Matthew 15 : 11 (NET)

What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person."

Matthew 15 : 12 (NET)

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

Matthew 15 : 13 (NET)

And he replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Matthew 15 : 14 (NET)

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

Matthew 15 : 15 (NET)

But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

Matthew 15 : 16 (NET)

Jesus said, "Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

Matthew 15 : 17 (NET)

Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

Matthew 15 : 18 (NET)

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

Matthew 15 : 19 (NET)

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

Matthew 15 : 20 (NET)

These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person."

Matthew 15 : 21 (NET)

After going out from there, Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 15 : 22 (NET)

A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!"

Matthew 15 : 23 (NET)

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us."

Matthew 15 : 24 (NET)

So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Matthew 15 : 25 (NET)

But she came and bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!"

Matthew 15 : 26 (NET)

"It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs," he said.

Matthew 15 : 27 (NET)

"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

Matthew 15 : 28 (NET)

Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Matthew 15 : 29 (NET)

When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

Matthew 15 : 30 (NET)

Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

Matthew 15 : 31 (NET)

As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

Matthew 15 : 32 (NET)

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

Matthew 15 : 33 (NET)

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

Matthew 15 : 34 (NET)

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

Matthew 15 : 35 (NET)

After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Matthew 15 : 36 (NET)

he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.

Matthew 15 : 37 (NET)

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

Matthew 15 : 38 (NET)

Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate.

Matthew 15 : 39 (NET)

After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.