New American Standard Bible

Matthew 15:13-30 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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

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

15. Peter said to Him, "Explain 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 the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

19. For 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."

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

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

24. But He answered and said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

25. But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

26. And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

27. But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

28. Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once.

29. Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.

30. And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.