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Matthew 15

3 Christ excuseth his disciples, and rebuketh the Scribes, and Pharises, for transgressing God’s commandment by their own traditions. 13 The plant that shalbe rooted out. 18 What things defile a man. 22 He delivereth the woman of Cananee’s daughter. 26 The bread of the children. 30 He healeth the sick. 36 And feedeth four thousand men, beside women and children.
1.Then came to Jesus the Scribes and Pharises, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2.*Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders? for they awash not their hands when they eat ^bread.
3.But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4.*For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: *& he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5.But ye say, Whosoever shall say to father or mother, bBy the gift that is offered by me, thou mightest have profit,
6.Though he honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus have ye made the commandment of God of no authority by your tradition.
7.O hypocrites, Esaias prophesied well of you, saying,
8.*This people draweth near unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is far off from me.
9.But cin vain they worship me, teaching for doctrines, men’s precepts.
10.*Then he called the multitude unto him, and said to them, Hear and understand.
11.That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, that defileth the man.
12.¶ Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Preceivest thou not, that the Pharises are offended in hearing this saying?
13.But he answered and said, *dEvery plant which mine heavenly Father hath not planted, shalbe rooted up.
14.eLet them alone: they be the *blind leaders of the blind: and if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15.*Then answered Peter, and said to him, Declare unto us this parable.
16.Then said Jesus, Are ye yet without understanding!
17.Perceive ye not yet, that whatsoever entreth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18.But those things which proceed out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man.
19.For out of the heart *come evil fthoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slanders.
20.These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with unwashen hands, defileth not the man.
21.*And Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyrus and Sidon.
22.And behold, a woman a Cananite came out of the same coasts, and cried, saying unto him, Have mercy on me, ô Lord, the son of David: my daughter is miserably vexed with a devil.
23.But he answered her not a word. Then came to him his disciples, and besought him, saying, gSend her away, for she crieth after us.
24.But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but unto the *lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25.Yet she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26.And he answered, and said, It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to hwhelps.
27.But she said, Truth, Lord: yet in deed the whelps eat of the crumbs, which fall from their master’s table.
28.Then Jesus answered, and said unto her, O woman, great is thy ifaith: be it to thee, as thou desireth. And her daughter was made whole at that hour.
29.¶ So Jesus *went away from thence, and came near unto the sea of Galilee, and went up into a mountain and sat down there.
30.And great multitudes came unto him, *having with them, halt, blind, dumb, maimed and many other, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet, and he healed them,
31.In so much that the multitude wondered, to see the dumb speak, the maimed whole, the halt to go, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32.*Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I khave compassion on this multitude, because they have continued with me already three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not let them depart fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33.And his disciples said unto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wilderness, as should suffice so great a multitude!
34.And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35.Then he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground,
36.And took the seven loaves, and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37.And they did all eat, and were sufficed: and they took up of the fragments that remained, seven baskets full.
38.And they that had eaten, were four thousand men, beside women, and little children.
39.Then Jesus sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the parts of ^Magdala.

Notes

2-*.
Mar. 7.1.
2-^.
Or, meat.
2-a.
Men are more rigorous to observe their own traditions then God’s commandment.
4-*.
Exo. 20.12, Deu. 5.16, Eph. 6.2.
4-*-1.
Exo. 21.17, Lev. 20.9, Pro. 20.20.
5-b.
The Scribes dispensed with them that did not their duties to their own parents, so that they would recompense the same to their profit by their offerings.
8-*.
Isa. 29.13.
9-c.
God will not be honoured according to man’s fantasy, but detests all good intentions, which are not grounded on his word.
10-*.
Mar. 7.14.
13-*.
John 15.2.
13-d.
All they which are not grafted in Jesus Christ by free adoption and every doctrine, that is not established by God’s word.
14-*.
Luk. 6.39.
14-e.
They are not worthy to be cared for.
15-*.
Mar. 7.17.
19-*.
Gen. 6.5 and 8.21.
19-f.
All vices proceed of the corrupt affection of the heart.
21-*.
Mar. 7.24.
23-g.
The disciples were offended at her importunity.
24-*.
Chap. 10.6.
26-h.
Christ calls them dogs, or whelps which are strangers from the house of God.
28-i.
Christ granted her petition, for her faith’s sake, and not at the request of his disciples.
29-*.
Mar. 7.31.
30-*.
Isa. 35.5.
32-*.
Mar. 8.1.
32-k.
Christ can not forget those that follow him.
39-^.
Or, Magadan.