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Matthew Chapter 15

Noyes
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THE GOSPEL

Matthew 15

1Then come to Jesus Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem, saying,
Mark 3:22, Luke 5:21, Matthew 23:2, Luke 5:30, Acts 23:9
2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Luke 11:38, Mark 7:2, Luke 11:38, Mark 7:2, Colossians 2:8
3But he answered and said to them, Why do ye too transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
Colossians 2:23, Colossians 2:23, Mark 7:6, Mark 7:8, Mark 7:13
4For God commanded, saying, "Honor thy father and thy mother;" and, "He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die."
Exodus 20:12, Exodus 20:12, Exodus 21:17, Leviticus 20:9, Exodus 21:17
5But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is a gift [to God],
Mark 7:10, Mark 7:13, Mark 7:10, Mark 7:13, Acts 5:29
6he shall not honor his father or his mother. Thus have ye made void the law of God for the sake of your tradition.
1 Timothy 5:8, 1 Timothy 5:8, Jeremiah 8:8, Jeremiah 8:8, Psalms 119:126
7Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying,
Mark 7:6, Mark 7:6, Matthew 23:23, Matthew 23:29, Matthew 23:23
8"This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 29:13, Ezekiel 33:31, Ezekiel 33:31, Acts 8:21
9But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."
Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 29:13, Mark 7:7, Mark 7:7, 1 Timothy 1:4
10And calling the multitude, he said to them, Hear, and understand.
Mark 7:14, Mark 7:15, Mark 7:14, Mark 7:15, Luke 20:45
11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Mark 7:15, Mark 7:15, Matthew 15:18, Matthew 15:20, Matthew 15:18
12Then come the disciples, and say to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard that saying?
1 Kings 22:13, 1 Kings 22:14, 1 Corinthians 10:32, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 1 Kings 22:13
13But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be rooted up.
John 15:2, John 15:2, Isaiah 60:21, Isaiah 60:21, John 15:6
14Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a ditch.
Luke 6:39, Luke 6:39, Isaiah 56:10, Isaiah 56:10, Matthew 23:16
15And Peter answering said to him, Explain to us that dark saying.
Matthew 13:36, Matthew 13:36, Mark 4:34, John 16:29, Mark 7:17
16And he said, Are ye too still without discernment?
Matthew 16:9, Matthew 16:9, Mark 7:18, Mark 9:32, Mark 7:18
17Do ye not understand, that whatever entereth the mouth goeth into the stomach, and is cast out into the drain?
Luke 6:45, Luke 6:45, 1 Corinthians 6:13, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Matthew 7:19
18But the things which proceed from the mouth come out of the heart; and these defile a man.
Proverbs 15:28, Proverbs 15:28, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 15:11
19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimony, blasphemies.
Mark 7:21, Mark 7:23, Mark 7:21, Mark 7:23, Galatians 5:19
20These are the things which defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man.
Mark 7:3, Mark 7:4, Mark 7:3, Mark 7:4, 1 Corinthians 6:9
21And Jesus, going from thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
Mark 7:24, Mark 7:30, Mark 7:24, Mark 7:30, Matthew 11:21
22And, lo! a woman of Canaan came out from those borders, and cried out, saying, Have compassion on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously afflicted with a demon.
Matthew 9:27, Matthew 9:27, Matthew 17:15, Matthew 17:15, Mark 7:25
23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying Send her away, for she is crying out after us.
Matthew 14:15, Matthew 14:15, Genesis 42:7, Mark 10:47, Mark 10:48
24But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:6, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:6, Romans 15:8
25Then she came and fell down before him, saying, Lord, help me!
Matthew 14:33, Hosea 12:4, Matthew 20:31, Genesis 32:26, Mark 9:22
26But he answering said, It is not allowable to take the children’s bread, and throw it to the little dogs.
Mark 7:27, Mark 7:28, Mark 7:27, Mark 7:28, Matthew 7:6
27And she said, Yea, Lord; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
Luke 16:21, Ephesians 3:8, Luke 16:21, Ephesians 3:8, Luke 15:18
28Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was cured from that hour.
Mark 9:23, Mark 9:24, Mark 9:23, Mark 9:24, Matthew 8:13
29And departing thence, Jesus came near the lake of Galilee; and going up the mountain, he sat down there.
Matthew 4:18, Matthew 4:18, John 6:1, Matthew 5:1, John 6:1
30And great multitudes came to him, having with them those who were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at his feet, and he healed them;
Luke 6:17, Luke 6:19, Luke 6:17, Luke 6:19, Acts 5:15
31so that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed sound, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave glory to the God of Israel.
Matthew 9:8, Matthew 9:8, Luke 18:43, Luke 18:43, Matthew 9:33
32And Jesus having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have remained with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest they faint on the road.
Matthew 9:36, Luke 12:29, Luke 12:30, Matthew 9:36, Luke 12:29
33And the disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
John 6:5, John 6:9, Mark 8:4, Mark 8:5, Luke 9:13
34And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
Matthew 16:9, Matthew 16:10, Matthew 16:9, Matthew 16:10, Luke 24:41
35And bidding the multitude to lie down on the ground,
Mark 6:39, Mark 6:40, John 6:10, Luke 9:14, Luke 9:16
36he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Romans 14:6, Luke 22:19, Romans 14:6, Luke 22:19, Acts 27:35
37And they all ate, and were filled; and they took up of the fragments that remained, seven baskets full.
Mark 8:19, Mark 8:21, Mark 8:19, Mark 8:21, Matthew 14:20
38And they who ate were four thousand men, besides children and women.
39Then he sent away the multitudes, and went on board the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.
Mark 8:10, Mark 8:10, Matthew 14:22, Matthew 14:22

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