Matthew 15

Matthew 15:1

• Then
• Then some

• Pharisees and

• scribes
• teachers of the

• came to
• law came to

• Jesus from

• Jerusalem and
• Jerusalem,

• said,
• said:
• saying,
• asked him,

Matthew 15:2

• ‘Why do
• Why do
• “Why do
• “Why don’t

• your
• Your

• disciples

• break the
• transgress the
• disobey the

• tradition of the
• traditions of

• elders? for
• elders? For
• elders?

• they
• They

• do

• not
• n’t

• wash their

• hands when
• hands before

• they

• eat.”
• eat!”
• eat.’
• eat bread.”
• eat bread.
• eat a meal.”

Matthew 15:3

• He
• And he
• And He

• answered
• answered and said to

• them, “Why
• them, “And why

• do you

• break the
• also transgress the
• transgress the
• break

• commandment of
• command of
• God

• God because of
• God for the
• God for the sake of

• your
• sake of your

• tradition?

Matthew 15:4

• For God
• God

• said, ‘
• said,
• said:
• said, “
• said—‘
• commanded, ‘

• Honor
• Honour

• your

• father and
• father and your

• mother” and “
• mother.’ And, ‘
• mother’ and ‘
• mother’; and, ‘

• Anyone who
• He who

• curses

• his
• their

• father or

• mother,
• mother

• must
• will
• let
• is to

• be put to
• suffer
• him be put to
• certainly

• death.
• death.”
• death.’ ;
• death,’
• death.’
• die.’
• die.”

Matthew 15:5

• But you say, ‘Whoever

• says to
• tells

• his father or his

• mother, ‘Whatever
• mother, “Whatever

• help
• support
• benefit

• you

• might
• would
• might otherwise

• have

• received from
• gained from

• me

• is a
• is ‘
• is

• given to
• Given to
• gift to
• dedicated to
• gift devoted to

• God.
• God,”
• God.’
• God,’
• God,
• God,”’
• God”—

Matthew 15:6

• he does
• he is
• need
• he shall
• they do
• he need

• not
• not to
• not to ‘

• honor
• need to honor

• his
• their

• father.’
• father. And
• father,’ and

• you
• You

• have
• make
• have made

• nullified the
• void the
• made the

• word of
• commandment of

• God for the
• God

• sake of your

• tradition.
• own teaching.

Matthew 15:7

• You hypocrites,
• You hypocrites!
• Hypocrites,
• ‘Hypocrites,
• Hypocrites!

• well
• Well

• did Isaiah

• prophesy about
• prophesy of
• prophesied about

• you.
• you
• you,
• you, when
• you when

• he said:
• he said,
• He said,
• saying,
• saying:

Matthew 15:8

• “‘These people
• ‘These people,
• These people
• ‘These people
• “These people
• ’These people
• “‘This people
• This people
• ‘This people

• honors
• honor

• me with
• Me with

• their

• lips, But
• lips; but
• lips, but
• words. But
• words, but
• mouth but
• mouth, but

• their

• hearts
• heart

• are
• is

• far from
• far away from

• me.
• me,
• me;
• Me.

Matthew 15:9

• in vain do
• But in vain do
• ‘But in vain do
• And in vain do

• they worship

• Me,
• me,
• me, For they
• Me, for they

• Teaching as
• teaching as
• teach

• doctrines the

• commandments of
• commands of
• precepts of

• men.”
• men. ”’
• men.
• men.’
• men.’ ”

Matthew 15:10

• Jesus
• He
• And he
• Then he
• Then Jesus
• After Jesus

• called the

• crowd to
• people to

• him,
• him.
• Him,

• He
• he

• said, ‘
• said, “

• Listen and understand what I am saying.

Matthew 15:11

• not what
• Not what

• goes into the

• mouth that ‘
• mouth that
• mouth

• defiles a

• man, but what
• man; but what
• person, but what
• person; but what

• comes out of the
• proceeds out of the

• mouth that
• mouth, that
• mouth, this
• mouth; this
• mouth

• defiles a
• makes
• defiles the

• man.”
• person.”
• someone unclean.”
• someone unclean.’

Matthew 15:12

• Then the
• His

• disciples
• followers

• came to

• him, and
• him and
• Him.
• him.
• Jesus and

• said, ‘
• said: “
• said, “
• asked, “

• Do
• Did

• you
• You

• know that the Pharisees

• were
• are

• offended when
• offended by what

• you
• they

• said?
• said?’
• said?”
• heard this?”
• were offended?”

Matthew 15:13

• He
• Jesus
• And he
• But he
• But He

• answered, Every
• answered, “Every
• answered, ‘Every
• replied, “Every
• answered and said, “Every
• answered and said, Every

• plant that
• plant which

• my
• My

• heavenly

• Father
• Father in

• did
• has
• heaven did
• heaven has

• not
• n’t

• plant
• planted

• will
• shall

• be

• uprooted,
• uprooted.
• rooted up;
• rooted up.

Matthew 15:14

• Leave
• Let
• Stay

• them alone!
• them alone.
• them alone;
• them!
• them.
• them;
• them be;
• them be!
• them be.

• they
• They

• are blind

• guides; and, if one
• guides, and if one
• guides. And if a
• leaders of the
• guides. And if the
• guides. If a

• blind

• man leads a
• guide the
• man guides a
• lead the
• person leads a
• person guides another, both of

• blind, both
• blind man, both
• them
• blind person, both

• will
• will both

• fall into a

• pit.”
• pit.’
• ditch.”
• ditch.’
• ditch.
• hole.”
• hole.’

Matthew 15:15

• Peter

• spoke up, “
• spoke up: “
• said, “

• Explain this saying to

• us.’
• us.”
• us.

Matthew 15:16

• Jesus
• And he
• So Jesus

• said, ‘
• said,
• said, “

• Are
• Do

• you also

• still
• still without
• yet without

• understanding?
• not understand?

Matthew 15:17

• “Don’t
• Don’t
• Surely

• you

• understand that
• know that all the

• everything that
• food that

• goes into the
• enters the

• mouth

• goes into the
• passes into the
• enters the

• stomach and
• stomach, and
• stomach.

• then
• Then

• goes out into the
• it goes out of the

• body?
• body.
• body.”
• toilet?
• sewer?

Matthew 15:18

• But the things that come out of the
• But what comes out of the

• mouth
• mouth,

• come from the
• comes from the

• heart, and these
• heart, and this

• defile the
• defiles a

• man.
• person.

Matthew 15:19

• For out of the heart
• for out of the heart
• For from the heart

• come
• proceed

• evil

• thoughts—
• thoughts,
• intentions:
• intentions,

• murder,
• murders,

• adultery,
• adulteries,
• adultery, and

• sexual immorality,
• fornication,
• sexual sins,
• fornications,

• theft,
• thefts,
• stealing,

• false witness,
• lying, and
• perjury,
• false testimony,
• false witness, and

• slander.
• blasphemies.
• blasphemy.

Matthew 15:20

• These are the things that
• These are what
• These are the things which

• defile a
• make
• make a
• defile the
• defile

• man, but to
• man; but to
• person, but to
• person. But to
• person; but
• person. But
• person unclean. But

• eating with
• eat with
• eating without
• eat without

• unwashed
• washing your

• hands

• does
• will

• not
• n’t
• never

• defile a man.”
• defile a person!”
• defile a person.”
• defile the man.”
• defile you.”
• defile.”

Matthew 15:21

• Jesus
• Then Jesus
• And Jesus

• left that
• left

• place and
• Galilee and
• there, and

• withdrew to the
• went to the
• withdrew into the
• went off to the
• went away to the

• region of Tyre and
• district of Tyre and
• area of Tyre and

• Sidon.

Matthew 15:22

• A Canaanite
• And a Canaanite
• And behold, a Canaanite
• Just then a Canaanite

• woman from that
• woman from those
• woman of that

• region
• district
• parts

• came out and
• came and

• cried,
• cried, “
• cried out, “
• cried out,

• saying, “Have
• Have

• mercy on
• pity on

• me,

• Lord!
• Lord,
• O Lord,

• Son of

• David.
• David;
• David!

• my
• My

• daughter is

• tormented by a
• suffering
• severely possessed by a
• horribly

• demon!”
• demon.”
• demon-possessed.”
• demon-possessed!”
• devil.’
• very much.”

Matthew 15:23

• But he
• But He
• But Jesus
• Jesus

• did
• said

• not answer

• her a word; and
• her a word. And

• his
• His

• disciples
• followers

• came and
• came to him and

• urged
• begged
• implored

• him: ‘
• Him, “
• him, “
• him, saying, “
• Him, saying,
• Him, saying, “

• Send her

• away;
• away. “
• away.
• away, for
• away, because

• she
• She

• keeps
• is
• ’s

• crying out after
• shouting after
• calling
• crying after
• calling out after

• us.’
• us!
• us.”
• us.
• us!”

Matthew 15:24

• He
• But he
• But He
• Jesus
• Then Jesus

• answered, “
• answered,
• replied, “
• replied, ’
• answered and said, “
• said in reply, “
• said in reply, ’

• Iwas sent only to the lost

• sheep of the house of
• sheep of the House of
• sheep, the people of
• sheep of

• Israel.”
• Israel.’
• Israel.

Matthew 15:25

• But she
• Then the woman
• But the woman
• Then she
• The woman

• came and knelt before
• came and worshiped

• Him.
• him,
• Him,
• Him, and
• Him and
• him and

• saying,
• saying, “
• saying, ‘
• said: “
• said, “

• Lord!
• Lord,
• Master,

• Help
• help

• me.
• me!
• me;’
• me.”
• me!”

Matthew 15:26

• He
• Jesus
• And he
• And He
• But he
• But He

• replied, “
• replied, ‘
• answered, “
• answered and said, “
• said, “

• It

• is
• ’s

• not
• n’t

• right to
• good to
• fair to

• take the children’s

• bread and
• food and

• throw
• toss
• give

• it to the
• it to

• dogs.”
• dogs.’
• dogs.
• dogs!”
• their dogs.”
• little dogs.”
• little dogs.’

Matthew 15:27

• “Yes, Lord,
• “Yes, Lord,”

• she
• I

• said, “Yes, Lord; but
• said, “Yes, Lord, but
• said, “Yes, Lord. But
• said, “but
• said. “But
• said, “Yes, Lord,
• said. “
• said, “

• even the
• Even the
• even
• yet even the

• dogs

• eat the
• feed on the

• crumbs that
• scraps that
• crumbs which
• pieces of food that

• fall from their

• masters
• master
• owners

• ’
• ’s

• table.’
• table.”
• table;’
• table!”
• table.

Matthew 15:28

• Then Jesus answered

• her,
• her, “

• O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you

• desire.” And
• wish. And
• wish.” And

• her daughter was

• healed from that
• healed

• hour.
• instantly.

Matthew 15:29

• Jesus
• Moving on from there Jesus
• Moving on from there, Jesus
• Then Jesus
• And Jesus

• went along the Sea of

• Galilee, and
• Galilee and

• climbed a hill and sat down.

Matthew 15:30

• Great
• Large
• and large
• And large
• A large
• And great

• crowds
• crowd
• multitudes

• came to

• him,
• Him,
• him

• bringing with them the
• having with them the

• lame,
• lame, the

• blind, the
• blind,

• crippled, the
• crippled,
• crippled, those who

• mute, and
• mute and
• dumb and
• dumb, and

• many

• others.
• others; and
• others, and

• they
• They

• laid
• put
• placed

• them at
• them down at

• his
• His

• feet, and
• feet; and
• feet and

• He
• he

• healed
• cured

• them,
• them.
• them;
• them all.

Matthew 15:31

• So the crowd
• so that the crowd
• So that the crowd
• The crowds
• The people

• was amazed when
• wondered when
• wondered, when
• was astonished when
• were amazed when

• they saw the

• mute
• dumb

• speaking, the

• crippled
• maimed
• deformed
• cripples

• made whole, the
• healthy, the
• whole,
• restored, the

• lame

• walking and the
• walking, and the
• walking, and

• blind
• blind with

• seeing; and
• seeing, and
• seeing. And
• seeing: and

• they

• praised the
• glorified the
• gave praise to the

• God of

• Israel.
• Israel for this.

Matthew 15:32

• Now
• Then

• Jesus

• called
• summoned

• his
• His

• disciples to
• followers to

• Him, and
• him and

• said, ’
• said, “

• I

• feel
• have

• compassion on the

• crowd, because
• crowd because

• theyhave already

• been with
• stayed with

• me three
• Me three
• me for three

• days, and
• days and

• have
• they have

• nothing to
• anything to

• eat.
• eat; and
• eat, and
• eat. And

• I do

• n’t
• not

• want to send them away

• hungry, lest
• hungry, for
• hungry, or

• they

• might faint on the
• faint on the
• may collapse on the
• might collapse on the

• way.”
• way.’
• way!
• way home.”

Matthew 15:33

• The disciples
• And the disciples
• His disciples
• The followers

• said to
• asked

• Him, “Where
• Him, Where
• him, “Where
• Jesus, “Where

• could
• can
• are
• would

• we

• get
• find

• enough
• so many

• bread in this
• food in this
• loaves in a
• bread in the

• desolate place to
• wilderness to
• remote place to
• desert to

• feed such a
• feed all these
• satisfy so
• feed so
• fill such a
• satisfy such a

• crowd?”
• great a crowd?”
• great a multitude?’
• great a multitude?”

Matthew 15:34

• Jesus
• And Jesus

• said to
• asked

• them, How
• them, “How

• many

• loaves
• loaves of bread

• do you

• have?
• have?”
• have?” And

• they
• They

• said, “Seven, and a
• replied, “and a
• answered, “Seven, and a

• few small
• few little
• few

• fish.’
• fish.
• fish.”

Matthew 15:35

• Jesus told the
• He told the
• And commanding the
• And he commanded the
• He ordered the

• crowd to
• people to
• multitude to

• sit down on the
• sit on the

• ground.
• ground;
• ground,

Matthew 15:36

• He
• he
• Then he
• Then He
• and he
• and He
• And He

• took the seven

• loaves and the
• loaves of bread and the

• fish; and
• fish and
• fish, and
• fish,
• fish; and after
• fish and after
• fish, and after
• fish: and when
• fish, and when

• gave
• he had given
• He had given
• giving

• thanks.
• thanks,
• thanks
• thanks to God.

• He
• he
• Then he

• broke
• broke the

• them and
• them, and

• gave
• began giving

• them to the
• them to

• disciples, and the
• disciples. And the
• disciples; and the

• disciples

• gave
• passed
• gave the

• them to the
• food to the

• crowds.
• people.
• people,

Matthew 15:37

• They all
• And they all
• All the people

• ate, and
• ate and

• were

• filled; and
• filled: and
• filled, and
• satisfied; and
• satisfied, and
• satisfied. And
• filled.

• they
• They

• picked up seven
• took up seven

• baskets full of the broken

• pieces
• pieces that

• left over.
• were left over.

Matthew 15:38

• Now those who ate
• Those who ate

• were four thousand
• were 4,000

• men, besides women and children.

Matthew 15:39

• Then Jesus sent the
• After Jesus had sent the
• And sending away the
• And when he had sent the
• After dismissing the
• After sending away the

• crowds
• crowds,
• crowd
• crowd,

• He
• he
• away. He
• away he
• away, he
• Jesus

• got into the
• got into a

• boat, and
• boat and

• went to the
• came to the
• came into the

• region of
• territory of
• borders of
• area of
• district of

• Magadan.
• Magdala.