{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Matthew",
 "chapter": 15,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,"
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;"
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,"
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:"
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?"
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?"
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?"
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man."
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:"
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man."
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon."
  },
  {
   "v": 22,
   "t": "And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."
  },
  {
   "v": 23,
   "t": "But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us."
  },
  {
   "v": 24,
   "t": "But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
  },
  {
   "v": 25,
   "t": "Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me."
  },
  {
   "v": 26,
   "t": "But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs."
  },
  {
   "v": 27,
   "t": "And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
  },
  {
   "v": 28,
   "t": "Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour."
  },
  {
   "v": 29,
   "t": "And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there."
  },
  {
   "v": 30,
   "t": "And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:"
  },
  {
   "v": 31,
   "t": "Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel."
  },
  {
   "v": 32,
   "t": "Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way."
  },
  {
   "v": 33,
   "t": "And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?"
  },
  {
   "v": 34,
   "t": "And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes."
  },
  {
   "v": 35,
   "t": "And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground."
  },
  {
   "v": 36,
   "t": "And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude."
  },
  {
   "v": 37,
   "t": "And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full."
  },
  {
   "v": 38,
   "t": "And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children."
  },
  {
   "v": 39,
   "t": "And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala."
  }
 ],
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