Matthew 15
1 Then scholars and Pharisees from Jerusalem come to Jesus, saying,
Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?"
3 And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition?
"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.
For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';
5 But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering.
but you--this is what you say: 'If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--
6 And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.
he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying,
Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
8 This people comes near me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me.
"'This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their heart is far away from Me;
9 And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"
10 And having called in the multitude, he said to them, Hear and understand.
Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.
11 Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; but it is what comes out of his mouth--that defiles a man."
12 Then having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying?
Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"
13 But having answered, he said, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, will be uprooted.
"Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
14 Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."
15 And having answered, Peter said to him, Explain this parable to us.
"Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also still without understanding?
"Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?
17 Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet?
Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?
18 But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man.
But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
19 For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, revilings.
For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
20 These are things defiling the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.
These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
21 And having gone out from there, Jesus departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon.
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanite woman having come out from those regions, cried out to him, saying, Be merciful to me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously demon-possessed.
Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples having approached, they besought him, saying, Send her away, because she cries out behind us.
But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps crying behind us."
24 But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
"I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
25 But having come, she worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
26 And having answered, he said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.
"It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
27 But she said, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
"Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
28 Then Jesus having answered, said to her, O woman, great is thy faith. Be it done for thee as thou desire. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
"O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.
29 And having departed from there, Jesus came near the sea of Galilee. And having gone up onto the mountain, he sat there.
Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.
30 And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others. And they placed them beside Jesus' feet, and he healed them,
Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,
31 so as for the multitudes to marvel seeing the mute speaking, the maimed healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of Israel.
32 And Jesus having summoned his disciples, he said, I feel compassion toward the multitude because they continue with me now three days and do not have what they might eat. And I do not want to dismiss them without food, lest they might faint on the way.
But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."
33 And his disciples say to him, From where are so many loaves for us in a wilderness so as to feed so great a multitude?
"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
34 And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
"How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
35 And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the ground.
So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
36 And after taking the seven loaves and the fishes, having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
and He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks He broke them up and then distributed them to the disciples, and they to the people.
37 And they all ate and were filled. And they took up seven hampers full of the fragments that remained.
And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up--seven full hampers.
38 And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
39 And having dismissed the multitudes, he entered into the boat, and came into the regions of Magdala.
He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.
