Matthew 15, side by side

¹Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

¹Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

²“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

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

³Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

³But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

⁴For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

⁴For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

⁵But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

⁵But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

⁶he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

⁶And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

⁷You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

⁷Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

⁸‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

⁸This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

⁹They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

⁹But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

¹⁰Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.

¹⁰And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

¹¹A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

¹¹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

¹²Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

¹²Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

¹³But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

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

¹⁴Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

¹⁴Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

¹⁵Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

¹⁵Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

¹⁶“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.

¹⁶And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

¹⁷“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

¹⁷Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

¹⁸But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

¹⁸But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

²⁰These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

²⁰These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

²¹Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

²¹Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

²²And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

²²And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

²³But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

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

²⁴He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

²⁴But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

²⁵The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.

²⁵Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

²⁶But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

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

²⁷“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

²⁷And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

²⁸“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

²⁸Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

²⁹Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.

²⁹And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

³⁰Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.

³⁰And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

³¹The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

³¹Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

³²Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

³²Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

³³The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

³³And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

³⁴“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”

³⁴And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

³⁵And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

³⁵And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

³⁶Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

³⁶And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

³⁷They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

³⁷And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

³⁸A total of four thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.

³⁸And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

³⁹After Jesus had dismissed the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

³⁹And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.