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| Chapter 15 | |
| 1 | Then 
1came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
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| 2 | Why do thy disciples transgress 
the 1tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat
bread.
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| 3 | But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? | 
| 4 | For God 
commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, 
 He that curseth father or 
mother, let him die the death.
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| 5 | 1But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a 
gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
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| 6 | 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. | 
| 7 | 1Ye 
hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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This people draweth nigh unto me with 
their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from
me.
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But in vain they do 
worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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| 10 | And 1he called the multitude, and said 
unto them, Hear, and understand:
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| 11 | Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. | 
| 12 | Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? | 
| 13 | But he 
answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted,
shall be 1rooted up.
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Let them 1alone: they be blind 2leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the 
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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| 15 | Then 1answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us 
this parable.
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| 16 | And 
Jesus said, Are ye also yet without 1understanding?
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| 17 | Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? | 
| 18 | But those 
things which proceed out of the 1mouth come forth from the heart; and they 
defile the man.
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| 19 | For 
out of the 1heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,
thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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| 20 | These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. | 
| 21 | Then Jesus 1went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and 
Sidon.
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| 22 | And, behold, a 
1woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have 
mercy on me, O Lord, thou 2son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a 
devil.
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| 23 | But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. | 
| 24 | But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the 1lost sheep 
of the house of 2Israel.
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| 25 | Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. | 
| 26 | But he answered and said, It is not 
meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to 1dogs.
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| 27 | And 1she said, Truth, Lord: yet the 
dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
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| 28 | Then Jesus 1answered 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.
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| 29 | And Jesus 1departed from thence, and came nigh unto the 
sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
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| 30 | 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' feet; and he healed them: 
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| 31 | Insomuch that the multitude 1wondered, 
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.
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| 32 | Then Jesus 1called 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.
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| 33 | And his disciples say unto him, 1Whence should we have so much 
bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
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| 34 | And Jesus 1saith unto them, How many 
loaves have ye? And they said, 2Seven, and a few little fishes.
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| 35 | And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. | 
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And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave 1thanks, and brake them, 
and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
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| 37 | And they did all eat, and were 1filled: 
and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
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| 38 | And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. | 
| 39 | And he sent away the multitude, and took 1ship, and came 
into the coasts of Magdala.
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