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The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Chapter 15
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Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of
Jerusalem, saying,
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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition
of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
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But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradition?
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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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But 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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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.
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Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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Thispeople 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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And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and
understand:
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Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;
but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
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Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that
the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
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But
he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not
planted, shall be rooted up.
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Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the
blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this
parable.
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And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
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Donot ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth
into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
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But those
things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and
they defile the man.
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For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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These are the
things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not
a man.
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Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and
Sidon.
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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.
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But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and
besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
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But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep
of the house of Israel.
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Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's
bread, and to cast it to dogs.
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And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which
fall from their masters' table.
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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.
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And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of
Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
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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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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.
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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.
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And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much
bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
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And
Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven,
and a few little fishes.
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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 thanks,
and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the
multitude.
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And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the
broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
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And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and
children.
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And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the
coasts of Magdala.
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