Gospel According to Matthew (WEB)
15: 1Then Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 15:2"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
15:3He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 15:4For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' 15:5But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," 15:6he will not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. 15:7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
15:8'These people draw near to me with their mouth,
And honor me with their lips;
But their heart is far from me.
15:9But in vain do they worship me,
Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
15:10He called the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. 15:11That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
15:12Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
15:13But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted. 15:14Let them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
15:15Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
15:16So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? 15:17Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body? 15:18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart, and they defile the man. 15:19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies. 15:20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."
15:21Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. 15:22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"
15:23But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
15:24But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
15:25But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
15:26But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 15:27But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
15:28Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
15:29Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. 15:30There came to him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, 15:31so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing -- and they glorified the God of Israel.
15:32Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
15:33The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?"
15:34Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?"
They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
15:35He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 15:36and he took the seven loaves and
the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the
multitudes. 15:37They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces
that were left over. 15:38Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 15:39He
sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.