Matthew 15

¹ TThen came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:

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

³ But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: Fathers

⁴ Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. Fathers

⁵ But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.

⁶ And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.

⁷ Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:

⁸ This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. Fathers

⁹ And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

¹⁰ And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.

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

¹² Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?

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

¹⁴ Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.

¹⁵ And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.

¹⁶ But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?

¹⁷ Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. CCC

¹⁹ For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. CCC

²⁰ These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man. CCC

²¹ And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

²² And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil. CCC

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

²⁴ And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep, that are lost of the house of Israel.

²⁵ But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me.

²⁶ Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.

²⁷ But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.

²⁸ Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour. CCC

²⁹ And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee: and going up into a mountain, he sat there.

³⁰ And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them:

³¹ So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel. CCC

³² And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. CCC

³³ And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude? CCC

³⁴ And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes. CCC

³⁵ And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground. CCC

³⁶ And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the people. CCC

³⁷ And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments. CCC

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

³⁹ And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan. CCC