Matthew 15
1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
Then came to Jesus Pharisees and Scribes that were from Jerusalem, and said:
2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread?
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Jesus replied and said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, on account of your tradition?
4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
For God hath said: Honor thy father, and thy mother; and he that revileth his father or his mother, shall be put to death.
5 But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
But ye say: Whosoever shall say to a father or to a mother, Be that my offering, by which ye get profit from me: then he must not honor his father or his mother.
6 he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
And thus ye make void the word of God, for the sake of your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
Ye hypocrites, well did the prophet Isaiah prophesy of you, and say:
8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
This people honoreth me with the lips, but their heart is far from me.
9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
And in vain they pay me homage, while they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men.
10 Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
And he called the multitudes, and said to them, Hear and understand.
11 A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
Not that which entereth the mouth, defileth a man; but that which proceedeth from the mouth, that defileth a man.
12 Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
Then came his disciples, and said to him: Knowest thou, that the Pharisees were offended when they heard that speech?
13 But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
And he replied, and said to them: Every plant, which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted, shall be eradicated.
14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if a blind man leadeth one blind, they will both fall into the ditch.
15 Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
And Simon Cephas answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude.
16 “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
And he said to them: Are ye also, up to this time, without understanding?
17 “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
Know ye not, that whatever entereth the mouth, passeth into the belly, and from there is ejected by purgation?
18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
But that which proceedeth from the mouth, cometh from the heart: and that is what defileth a man.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
For, from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, whoredom, theft, false testimony, reviling.
20 These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
These are the things that defile a man. But if a man eat while his hands are unwashed, he is not defiled.
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
And Jesus departed from there, and went to the confines of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
And lo, a woman, a Canaanitess from those confines, came forth, calling out and saying: Compassionate me, my Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grievously distressed by a demon.
23 But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and requested of him, and said: Send her away, for she crieth after us.
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But he answered and said to them: I am not sent, except to the sheep that have strayed from the house of Israel.
25 The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
And she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord.
26 But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
Jesus said to her: It is not proper, to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs.
27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
And she said: Even so, my Lord; yet the dogs eat of the fragments that fall from the tables of their masters, and live.
28 “O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Then Jesus said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee, as thou desirest. And her daughter was cured from that hour.
29 Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
And Jesus departed from there, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee: and he ascended a mountain, and sat there.
30 Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
And great multitudes came to him; and with them were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the maimed, and many others: and they laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them.
31 The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
So that the multitudes were amazed, when they saw the dumb speaking, and the maimed made whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they praised the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
Then Jesus called his disciples, and said to them: I pity this multitude; for lo, these three days they have continued with me, and they have nothing to eat: and I am unwilling to send them away fasting, lest they faint by the way.
33 The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
His disciples say to him: Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude?
34 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
Jesus said to them, How many loaves have ye? They said to him, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.
And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground.
36 Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
37 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
And they all ate, and were satisfied. And they took up the remains of fragments, seven full baskets.
38 A total of four thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.
And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 After Jesus had dismissed the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
And when he had sent away the multitudes, he took ship, and came to the coasts of Magdala.
