{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/matthew/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:42:54.564Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":15,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":14,"nextChapter":16,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":39},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"he shall not honour his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"This people honoureth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"these are the things which defile the man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them:"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint in the way."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place, as to fill so great a multitude?"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan."}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 15 (ERV)","markdown":"[Matthew 15](https://primebible.com/erv/matthew/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/matthew/15 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}