Matthew 15

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1Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,15 cross-references: Mark 3:22, Luke 5:21, Matthew 23:2, Luke 5:30, Acts 23:9
2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.27 cross-references: Luke 11:38, Mark 7:2, Colossians 2:8, Colossians 2:20–23, 1 Peter 1:18
3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?13 cross-references: Colossians 2:23, Mark 7:6–8, Mark 7:13, Colossians 2:8, Matthew 7:3–5
4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.40 cross-references: Exodus 20:12, Exodus 21:17, Leviticus 20:9, Deuteronomy 5:16, Deuteronomy 21:18–21
5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;12 cross-references: Mark 7:10–13, Acts 5:29, Matthew 23:16–18, Acts 4:19, Leviticus 27:9–34
6And 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.28 cross-references: 1 Timothy 5:8, Jeremiah 8:8, Psalms 119:126, Mark 7:13, Hosea 4:6
7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,18 cross-references: Mark 7:6, Matthew 23:23–29, Acts 28:25–27, Matthew 7:5
8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.24 cross-references: Isaiah 29:13, Ezekiel 33:31, Acts 8:21, 1 Peter 3:10, Proverbs 23:26
9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.34 cross-references: Isaiah 29:13, Mark 7:7, 1 Timothy 1:4, Titus 1:14, Colossians 2:18–22
10And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:20 cross-references: Mark 7:14–15, Luke 20:45–47, Colossians 1:9, Luke 24:45, 1 Kings 22:28
11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.30 cross-references: Mark 7:15, Matthew 15:18–20, James 3:5–8, Matthew 12:34–37, 1 Timothy 4:4–5
12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?14 cross-references: 1 Kings 22:13–14, 1 Corinthians 10:32–33, Matthew 17:27, 2 Corinthians 6:3, Galatians 2:5
13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.21 cross-references: John 15:2, Isaiah 60:21, John 15:6, Isaiah 61:3, Psalms 92:13
14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.63 cross-references: Luke 6:39, Isaiah 56:10, Matthew 23:16–24, Ezekiel 14:9–10, Malachi 2:8
15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.11 cross-references: Matthew 13:36, Mark 4:34, John 16:29, Mark 7:17
16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?21 cross-references: Matthew 16:9, Mark 7:18, Mark 9:32, Matthew 15:10, Luke 9:45
17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?10 cross-references: Luke 6:45, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Matthew 7:19–20, James 3:6, Colossians 2:21–22
18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.18 cross-references: Proverbs 15:28, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 15:11, James 3:6–10, Proverbs 10:32
19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:62 cross-references: Mark 7:21–23, Galatians 5:19–21, Jeremiah 17:9, Titus 3:2–6, James 1:13–15
20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.13 cross-references: Mark 7:3–4, 1 Corinthians 6:9–11, Luke 11:38–40, Matthew 23:25–26, 1 Corinthians 6:18–20
21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.16 cross-references: Mark 7:24–30, Matthew 11:21–23, Joshua 19:28–29, Joshua 13:6, Judges 1:31
22And, 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.45 cross-references: Matthew 9:27, Matthew 17:15, Mark 7:25–26, Luke 18:38–39, Psalms 4:1
23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.20 cross-references: Matthew 14:15, Genesis 42:7, Mark 10:47–48, Lamentations 3:8, Psalms 28:1
24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.26 cross-references: Matthew 10:5–6, Romans 15:8, Jeremiah 50:6–7, Acts 13:46, Ezekiel 34:5–6
25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.14 cross-references: Matthew 14:33, Hosea 12:4, Matthew 20:31, Genesis 32:26, Mark 9:22
26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.13 cross-references: Mark 7:27–28, Matthew 7:6, Philippians 3:2, Ephesians 2:12, Galatians 2:15
27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.24 cross-references: Luke 16:21, Ephesians 3:8, Luke 15:18–19, Romans 10:12, Job 40:4–5
28Then 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.35 cross-references: Mark 9:23–24, Matthew 8:13, Mark 5:34, Psalms 145:19, Matthew 9:22
29And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.19 cross-references: Matthew 4:18, John 6:1, Matthew 5:1, Matthew 15:29–31, Mark 7:31–37
30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:28 cross-references: Luke 6:17–19, Acts 5:15–16, Matthew 14:35–36, Acts 19:11–12, Isaiah 35:5–6
31Insomuch 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.26 cross-references: Matthew 9:8, Luke 18:43, Matthew 9:33, Luke 7:16, Luke 17:15–18
32Then 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.27 cross-references: Matthew 9:36, Luke 12:29–30, Acts 27:33, Matthew 14:14–21, Mark 8:1–10
33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?17 cross-references: John 6:5–9, Mark 8:4–5, Luke 9:13, Matthew 14:15, Mark 6:37
34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.8 cross-references: Matthew 16:9–10, Luke 24:41–42, John 21:9–10
35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.8 cross-references: Mark 6:39–40, John 6:10, Luke 9:14–16, Matthew 14:19–21
36And 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.20 cross-references: Romans 14:6, Luke 22:19, Acts 27:35, John 6:11, 1 Timothy 4:3–4
37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.15 cross-references: Mark 8:19–21, Matthew 14:20–21, Matthew 15:33, Luke 1:53, Mark 8:8–9
38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.6 cross-references: Mark 8:10, Matthew 14:22

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Lips near, heart far Isaiah 29:13 and Matthew 15:8
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