The KJV Holy Bible

 

Matthew Chapter Fifteen

 

1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

6 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.

7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth 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.

10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

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 defileth not a man.

21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22 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.

23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto 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 meet 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 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.

29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

30 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:

31 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.

32 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.

33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? 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 brake 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 meat 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 ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Matthew: The Illusion of External Purity and the Transmutation of the Heart

"Matthew Chapter Fifteen definitively shatters the illusion of external religious mechanics. The Solar Consciousness (the Christos) directly confronts the dogmatic intellect, proving that physical rituals and material purity codes Have Absolutely No Power to Elevate the Soul. This chapter establishes the Absolute Hermetic Law of Internal Generation: All True corruption and All True Spiritual Elevation originate exclusively from the Energetic Center of the Subconscious Mind. It also beautifully demonstrates the expansion of the Great Work, showing how even the most unrefined, 'Gentile' aspects of the Psyche can be redeemed through sheer, Unyielding Faith."

 

 

Verses 1-9: The Tradition of the Elders and the Hypocrisy of the Dogmatic Intellect - "Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?" 

The Pharisees and scribes represent the highly structured, dogmatic faculties of the earthly intellect. They are entirely obsessed with the "tradition of the elders"—the mechanical, outward, physical rituals of purification (washing hands). They believe that Spiritual cleanliness is achieved by manipulating the physical matrix. The Solar Consciousness aggressively rebukes this inversion of Universal Law. The Christos points out that to protect their comfortable worldly traditions, the egoic Intellect actively ignores the foundational Spiritual Laws of the Divine. They honor the Supreme Monad with their lips (external physical action), but their "heart" (the Internal Subconscious Frequency) is completely disconnected and far from the Light. Their worship is mathematically useless.

 

 

Verses 10-20: The Source of Corruption and the Law of Mental Generation - "And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man... For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:" 

Here, the Christos delivers a Masterclass in the Hermetic Principle of Mentalism to the disciples. The physical matrix (the body and what goes into it) is dense, temporary, and operates on standard biological mechanics. Eating with unwashed hands cannot damage the Immortal Architecture of the Soul. True defilement is an Energetic Process. The "heart" Esoterically represents the deep Subconscious crucible where Thoughts and Emotions are forged. The low-frequency vibrations of anger, lust, deceit, and malice are generated Internally and then projected outward through the "mouth" (the Will and the Word). It is the generation and projection of these dark Mental frequencies that corrupts the Psychic vessel, permanently linking the Consciousness to the dense laws of Karma.

 

 

Verses 21-28: The Syrophoenician Woman and the Tenacity of the Lower Nature - "Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him... Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." 

This is one of the most Profound Psychological tests in the Great Work. Tyre, Sidon, and the Canaanite woman represent the "Gentile" territories of the Mind—the uncultivated, wild, and entirely earthly animal passions. At first, the Solar Consciousness ignores her, stating that the High-Frequency Spiritual Energy (the children's bread) is reserved exclusively for the disciplined, foundational faculties (Israel). The Christos even calls her faculty a "dog" (a creature of pure earthly instinct). But the unrefined faculty does not take offense; instead, it exhibits Perfect Humility and Unyielding Faith, accepting its lowly position while demanding just a fraction of the Light (the crumbs). Because this lower faculty Completely Submits to the Spiritual Hierarchy without ego, its vibration instantly shifts. The Christos grants the healing, proving that Absolutely any aspect of the human Psyche, no matter how wild or base, can be Transmuted if it Totally Surrenders to the Divine Will.

 

 

Verses 29-39: The Feeding of the Four Thousand and the Completion of the Septenary - "And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee... and they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children." 

Following the healing of the Gentile Mind, the Christos performs a second grand multiplication of the Vital Force. While the first feeding (Five thousand men, Twelve baskets) represented the satisfaction of the Intellectual and structural faculties, this second feeding utilizes "Seven loaves and a few little fishes," leaving exactly "Seven baskets." In Hermetic numerology, Seven represents the Complete, Perfected Cycle of the material and Spiritual Universe combined (the Septenary nature of man). The Solar Consciousness proves once again that it possesses Infinite Sustenance. By feeding the Four thousand (the dense, heavy material faculties) and leaving Seven baskets, the Great Work demonstrates that the Divine Energy has completely saturated every dimensional layer of the human Temple, leaving nothing starving or in chaos.