{"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/web/matthew/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:20:02.279Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":15,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":14,"nextChapter":16,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":39},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He answered them, |Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, |Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He summoned the multitude, and said to them, |Hear, and understand."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Then the disciples came, and said to him, |Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But he answered, |Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Peter answered him, |Explain the parable to us.|"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"So Jesus said, |Do you also still not understand?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man.|"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, |Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!|"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, |Send her away; for she cries after us.|"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But he answered, |I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.|"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"But she came and worshiped him, saying, |Lord, help me.|"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But he answered, |It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.|"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But she said, |Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.|"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Then Jesus answered her, |Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.| And her daughter was healed from that hour."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Jesus summoned his disciples and said, |I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.|"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The disciples said to him, |Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?|"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Jesus said to them, |How many loaves do you have?| They said, |Seven, and a few small fish.|"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala."}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 15 (WEB)","markdown":"[Matthew 15](https://primebible.com/web/matthew/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/matthew/15 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}