Matthew 15 : 1 (NLV)
Some of the teachers of the Law and the proud religious lawkeepers from Jerusalem came to Jesus. They asked,
Matthew 15 : 2 (NLV)
"Why do Your followers not obey the teaching that was given to them by our fathers? They do not wash their hands before they eat."
Matthew 15 : 3 (NLV)
Jesus said to them, "Why do you break the Law of God by trying to keep their teaching?
Matthew 15 : 4 (NLV)
For God said, 'Show respect to your father and mother.' (Exodus 20:12) And, 'He who curses his father or mother will be put to death.' (Exodus 21:17)
Matthew 15 : 5 (NLV)
But you say that if a man says to his parents that anything he has, that might have been of help to them, is already given to God,
Matthew 15 : 6 (NLV)
he does not have to show respect by helping his father and mother. You are putting aside the Word of God to keep their teaching.
Matthew 15 : 7 (NLV)
You who pretend to be someone you are not, Isaiah told about you. He said,
Matthew 15 : 8 (NLV)
'These people show respect to Me with their mouth, but their heart is far from Me.
Matthew 15 : 9 (NLV)
Their worship of Me is worth nothing. They teach what men have made up.' " (Isaiah 29:13)
Matthew 15 : 10 (NLV)
Jesus called the people to Him and said to them, "Listen and understand this!
Matthew 15 : 11 (NLV)
It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes his mind and heart sinful. It is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him sinful."
Matthew 15 : 12 (NLV)
His followers came to Him. They said, "Did You know the proud religious law-keepers were ashamed and turned away because of You when they heard this?"
Matthew 15 : 13 (NLV)
He said, "Every plant that My Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.
Matthew 15 : 14 (NLV)
Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. If one blind man leads another blind man, they will both fall into a hole."
Matthew 15 : 15 (NLV)
Then Peter said to Jesus, "Tell us this picture-story so we can understand it."
Matthew 15 : 16 (NLV)
Jesus said, "Do you not understand yet?
Matthew 15 : 17 (NLV)
Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
Matthew 15 : 18 (NLV)
But whatever comes from the mouth has come out of the heart. These things make the man unclean inside.
Matthew 15 : 19 (NLV)
For out of the heart come bad thoughts, killing other people, sex sins of a married person, sex sins of a person not married, stealing, lying, speaking against God.
Matthew 15 : 20 (NLV)
These are the things that make the man unclean inside. It does not make a man sinful to eat with hands that have not been washed."
Matthew 15 : 21 (NLV)
Jesus went from there to the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
Matthew 15 : 22 (NLV)
A woman came from the land of Canaan. She cried out to Jesus and said, "Take pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter has a demon and is much troubled."
Matthew 15 : 23 (NLV)
But Jesus did not speak a word to her. His followers kept asking, saying, "Send her away for she keeps calling us."
Matthew 15 : 24 (NLV)
He said, "I was sent only to the Jewish people who are lost."
Matthew 15 : 25 (NLV)
Then she came and got down before Jesus and worshiped Him. She said, "Lord, help me!"
Matthew 15 : 26 (NLV)
But He said, "It is not right to take children's food and throw it to the dogs."
Matthew 15 : 27 (NLV)
She said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the pieces that fall from the table of their owners."
Matthew 15 : 28 (NLV)
Jesus said to her, "Woman, you have much faith. You will have what you asked for." Her daughter was healed at that very time.
Matthew 15 : 29 (NLV)
Jesus went from there and came to the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up the mountain and sat down.
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Many people came to Him. They brought with them those who were not able to walk. They brought those who were not able to see. They brought those who were not able to hear or speak and many others. Then they put them at the feet of Jesus and He healed them.
Matthew 15 : 31 (NLV)
All the people wondered. They saw how those who could not speak were now talking. They saw how those who could not walk were now walking. They saw how those who could not see were now seeing, and they gave thanks to the God of the Jews.
Matthew 15 : 32 (NLV)
Then Jesus called His followers to Him. He said, "I pity these people because they have been with Me three days and they have no food. I do not want to send them home without food. They might get too weak as they go."
Matthew 15 : 33 (NLV)
The followers said to Jesus, "Where can we get enough bread to feed them all in this desert?"
Matthew 15 : 34 (NLV)
Jesus said to them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They said, "Seven loaves and a few small fish."
Matthew 15 : 35 (NLV)
He told the people to sit down on the ground.
Matthew 15 : 36 (NLV)
Then He took the seven loaves of bread and the fish and gave thanks. He broke them and gave them to His followers. The followers gave them to the people.
Matthew 15 : 37 (NLV)
They all ate and were filled. They picked up seven baskets full of pieces of bread and fish after the people finished eating.
Matthew 15 : 38 (NLV)
Four thousand men ate. Women and children ate also.
Matthew 15 : 39 (NLV)
After this Jesus sent the people away. Then He got into a boat and came to a place called Magadan.
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