Matthew 15 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Tradition and Commandment

(Mar 7:1–23 )

Mat 15:1

Mat 15:1Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

Mat 15:2

Mat 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Mat 15:3

Mat 15:3And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Mat 15:4

Mat 15:4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Mat 15:5

Mat 15:5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;

Mat 15:6

Mat 15:6he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

Mat 15:7

Mat 15:7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

Mat 15:8

This people honoreth me with their lips;

But their heart is far from me.

Mat 15:9

But in vain do they worship me,

Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

Mat 15:10

Mat 15:10And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

Mat 15:11

Mat 15:11Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

Mat 15:12

Mat 15:12Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?

Mat 15:13

Mat 15:13But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

Mat 15:14

Mat 15:14Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

The Heart of Man

Mat 15:15

Mat 15:15And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

Mat 15:16

Mat 15:16And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

Mat 15:17

Mat 15:17Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Mat 15:18

Mat 15:18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

Mat 15:19

Mat 15:19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

Mat 15:20

Mat 15:20these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

The Syrophoenician Woman

(Mar 7:24–30 )

Mat 15:21

Mat 15:21And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

Mat 15:22

Mat 15:22And 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.

Mat 15:23

Mat 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Mat 15:24

Mat 15:24But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Mat 15:25

Mat 15:25But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

Mat 15:26

Mat 15:26And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.

Mat 15:27

Mat 15:27But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

Mat 15:28

Mat 15:28Then 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.

Healing Crowds

(Mar 7:31–37 )

Mat 15:29

Mat 15:29And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.

Mat 15:30

Mat 15:30And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them:

Mat 15:31

Mat 15:31insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.

Four Thousand Fed

(Mar 8:1–10 )

Mat 15:32

Mat 15:32And 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.

Mat 15:33

Mat 15:33And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?

Mat 15:34

Mat 15:34And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

Mat 15:35

Mat 15:35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

Mat 15:36

Mat 15:36and 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.

Mat 15:37

Mat 15:37And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

Mat 15:38

Mat 15:38And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.

Mat 15:39

Mat 15:39And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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