Romans 8:39 – In Christ Jesus
January 21, 2014Matthew 16
January 22, 2014
1 Then the scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus, who were from Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But He answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: [Exodus 20:12] and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death. [Exodus 21:17]
5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;
6 And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus you have made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me.
9 But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. [Isaiah 29:13]
10 And He called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
12 Then came His disciples, and said to him, You know that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13 But He answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15 Then answered Peter and said to Him, Explain to us this parable.
16 And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding?
17 Do not you yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the toilet?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defiles not a man.
21 Then Jesus went from there, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously tormented with a devil.
23 But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us.
24 But He answered and said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then came she and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But He answered and said, It is not right to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you wanted. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
29 And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
30 And great multitudes came to Him, having with them those that were lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and He healed them:
31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the mute to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called His disciples to 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.
33 And His disciples say to Him, Where should we find so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
34 And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36 And He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full.
38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
39 And He sent away the multitude, and took a boat, and came into the coasts of Magadan.
