Matthew 15:13-23

13 But He answered and said, "¹Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

14 "Let them alone; ²they are blind guides of the blind. And ³if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

The Heart of Man

15 Peter said to Him, "⁴Explain the parable to us."

16 Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also?

17 "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated *?

18 "But ⁵the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

19 "⁶For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

20 "These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

The Syrophoenician Woman

21 ⁷Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of ⁸Tyre and ⁹Sidon.

22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, ¹⁰Son of David; my daughter is cruelly ¹¹demon-possessed."

23 But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us."

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Cross References 11

1. Isaiah 60:21; Isaiah 61:3; John 15:2; 1 Corinthians 3:9
2. Matthew 23:16, 24
3. Luke 6:39
4. Matthew 13:36
5. Matthew 12:34; Mark 7:20
6. Galatians 5:19f
7. Matthew 15:21-28: {Mark 7:24-30}
8. Matthew 11:21
9. Matthew 11:21
10. Matthew 9:27
11. Matthew 4:24

Footnotes 6

[a]. Later mss add "of the blind"
[b]. Lit "answered and said"
[c]. Lit "and He"
[d]. Lit "thrown out into the latrine"
[e]. I.e. sexual immorality
[f]. Lit "behind us"

Matthew 15:13-23

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The Heart of Man

The Syrophoenician Woman

Cross References 11

Footnotes 6