Matthew Chapter 15
Matthew is the 40th book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains Matthew 15:1 to Matthew 15:9.
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Matthew 15:1
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
Matthew 15:2
"Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."
Matthew 15:3
And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15:4
"For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.'
Matthew 15:5
"But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,"
Matthew 15:6
he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Matthew 15:7
"You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
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'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.
Matthew 15:9
'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'"
Matthew 15:10
After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand.
Matthew 15:11
"It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
Matthew 15:12
Then the disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"
Matthew 15:13
But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.
Matthew 15:14
"Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
Matthew 15:15
Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us."
Matthew 15:16
Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also?
Matthew 15:17
"Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?
Matthew 15:18
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.
Matthew 15:19
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.
Matthew 15:20
"These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."
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