Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+15 MATTHEW 15 (ESV)   1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+14 MATTHEW 14 (ESV)   22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat by […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+13 MATTHEW 13 (ESV)   1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+12 MATTHEW 12 (ESV)   9 He went on from there and entered their synagogue. 10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. 11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+11 MATTHEW 11 (ESV)   1 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, […]