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Matthew 14

## The Gospel According to St. Matthew

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| # Chapter 15
#### 1 | Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
#### 2 | Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
#### 3 | And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
#### 4 | For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
#### 5 | But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God];
#### 6 | he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
#### 7 | Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
#### 8 | This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
#### 9 | But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.
#### 10 | And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
#### 11 | Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.
#### 12 | Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?
#### 13 | But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.
#### 14 | Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
#### 15 | And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.
#### 16 | And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?
#### 17 | Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
#### 18 | But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
#### 19 | For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
#### 20 | these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
#### 21 | And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
#### 22 | And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
#### 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 was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
#### 25 | But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
#### 26 | And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
#### 27 | But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
#### 28 | Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
#### 29 | And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
#### 30 | And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at this feet; and he healed them:
#### 31 | insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.
#### 32 | And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.
#### 33 | And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?
#### 34 | And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
#### 35 | And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
#### 36 | and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
#### 37 | And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.
#### 38 | And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
#### 39 | And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.

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