Matthew 15
1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
aparaṁ yirūśālamnagarīyāḥ katipayā adhyāpakāḥ phirūśinaśca yīśoḥ samīpamāgatya kathayāmāsuḥ,
2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
tava śiṣyāḥ kimartham aprakṣālitakarai rbhakṣitvā paramparāgataṁ prācīnānāṁ vyavahāraṁ laṅvante?
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
tato yīśuḥ pratyuvāca, yūyaṁ paramparāgatācāreṇa kuta īśvarājñāṁ laṅvadhve|
4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
īśvara ityājñāpayat, tvaṁ nijapitarau saṁmanyethāḥ, yena ca nijapitarau nindyete, sa niścitaṁ mriyeta;
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,’
kintu yūyaṁ vadatha, yaḥ svajanakaṁ svajananīṁ vā vākyamidaṁ vadati, yuvāṁ matto yallabhethe, tat nyavidyata,
6 he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
sa nijapitarau puna rna saṁmaṁsyate| itthaṁ yūyaṁ paramparāgatena sveṣāmācāreṇeśvarīyājñāṁ lumpatha|
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
re kapaṭinaḥ sarvve yiśayiyo yuṣmānadhi bhaviṣyadvacanānyetāni samyag uktavān|
8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
vadanai rmanujā ete samāyānti madantikaṁ| tathādharai rmadīyañca mānaṁ kurvvanti te narāḥ|
9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
kintu teṣāṁ mano matto vidūraeva tiṣṭhati| śikṣayanto vidhīn nrājñā bhajante māṁ mudhaiva te|
10 Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
tato yīśu rlokān āhūya proktavān, yūyaṁ śrutvā budhyadhbaṁ|
11 A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
yanmukhaṁ praviśati, tat manujam amedhyaṁ na karoti, kintu yadāsyāt nirgacchati, tadeva mānuṣamamedhyī karotī|
12 Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
tadānīṁ śiṣyā āgatya tasmai kathayāñcakruḥ, etāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā phirūśino vyarajyanta, tat kiṁ bhavatā jñāyate?
13 But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
sa pratyavadat, mama svargasthaḥ pitā yaṁ kañcidaṅkuraṁ nāropayat, sa utpāvdyate|
14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
te tiṣṭhantu, te andhamanujānām andhamārgadarśakā eva; yadyandho'ndhaṁ panthānaṁ darśayati, tarhyubhau gartte patataḥ|
15 Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
tadā pitarastaṁ pratyavadat, dṛṣṭāntamimamasmān bodhayatu|
16 “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
yīśunā proktaṁ, yūyamadya yāvat kimabodhāḥ stha?
17 “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
kathāmimāṁ kiṁ na budhyadhbe? yadāsyaṁ previśati, tad udare patan bahirniryāti,
18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
kintvāsyād yanniryāti, tad antaḥkaraṇāt niryātatvāt manujamamedhyaṁ karoti|
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
yato'ntaḥkaraṇāt kucintā badhaḥ pāradārikatā veśyāgamanaṁ cairyyaṁ mithyāsākṣyam īśvaranindā caitāni sarvvāṇi niryyānti|
20 These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
etāni manuṣyamapavitrī kurvvanti kintvaprakṣālitakareṇa bhojanaṁ manujamamedhyaṁ na karoti|
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
anantaraṁ yīśustasmāt sthānāt prasthāya sorasīdonnagarayoḥ sīmāmupatasyau|
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.”
tadā tatsīmātaḥ kācit kinānīyā yoṣid āgatya tamuccairuvāca, he prabho dāyūdaḥ santāna, mamaikā duhitāste sā bhūtagrastā satī mahākleśaṁ prāpnoti mama dayasva|
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.”
kintu yīśustāṁ kimapi noktavān, tataḥ śiṣyā āgatya taṁ nivedayāmāsuḥ, eṣā yoṣid asmākaṁ paścād uccairāhūyāgacchati, enāṁ visṛjatu|
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
tadā sa pratyavadat, isrāyelgotrasya hāritameṣān vinā kasyāpyanyasya samīpaṁ nāhaṁ preṣitosmi|
25 The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
tataḥ sā nārīsamāgatya taṁ praṇamya jagāda, he prabho māmupakuru|
26 But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
sa uktavān, bālakānāṁ bhakṣyamādāya sārameyebhyo dānaṁ nocitaṁ|
27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
tadā sā babhāṣe, he prabho, tat satyaṁ, tathāpi prabho rbhañcād yaducchiṣṭaṁ patati, tat sārameyāḥ khādanti|
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.
tato yīśuḥ pratyavadat, he yoṣit, tava viśvāso mahān tasmāt tava manobhilaṣitaṁ sidyyatu, tena tasyāḥ kanyā tasminneva daṇḍe nirāmayābhavat|
29 Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
anantaraṁ yīśastasmāt sthānāt prasthāya gālīlsāgarasya sannidhimāgatya dharādharamāruhya tatropaviveśa|
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.
paścāt jananivaho bahūn khañcāndhamūkaśuṣkakaramānuṣān ādāya yīśoḥ samīpamāgatya taccaraṇāntike sthāpayāmāsuḥ, tataḥ sā tān nirāmayān akarot|
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.
itthaṁ mūkā vākyaṁ vadanti, śuṣkakarāḥ svāsthyamāyānti, paṅgavo gacchanti, andhā vīkṣante, iti vilokya lokā vismayaṁ manyamānā isrāyela īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ babhāṣire|
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.”
tadānīṁ yīśuḥ svaśiṣyān āhūya gaditavān, etajjananivaheṣu mama dayā jāyate, ete dinatrayaṁ mayā sākaṁ santi, eṣāṁ bhakṣyavastu ca kañcidapi nāsti, tasmādahametānakṛtāhārān na visrakṣyāmi, tathātve vartmamadhye klāmyeṣuḥ|
33 The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
tadā śiṣyā ūcuḥ, etasmin prāntaramadhya etāvato martyān tarpayituṁ vayaṁ kutra pūpān prāpsyāmaḥ?
34 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
yīśurapṛcchat, yuṣmākaṁ nikaṭe kati pūpā āsate? ta ūcuḥ, saptapūpā alpāḥ kṣudramīnāśca santi|
35 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.
tadānīṁ sa lokanivahaṁ bhūmāvupaveṣṭum ādiśya
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.
tān saptapūpān mīnāṁśca gṛhlan īśvarīyaguṇān anūdya bhaṁktvā śiṣyebhyo dadau, śiṣyā lokebhyo daduḥ|
37 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
tataḥ sarvve bhuktvā tṛptavantaḥ; tadavaśiṣṭabhakṣyeṇa saptaḍalakān paripūryya saṁjagṛhuḥ|
38 A total of four thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.
te bhoktāro yoṣito bālakāṁśca vihāya prāyeṇa catuḥsahasrāṇi puruṣā āsan|
39 After Jesus had dismissed the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
tataḥ paraṁ sa jananivahaṁ visṛjya tarimāruhya magdalāpradeśaṁ gatavān|
