Matthew 15
1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
Then came to Jesus Pharisees and Scribes that were from Jerusalem, and said:
2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread?
3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
Jesus replied and said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, on account of your tradition?
4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will 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, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given 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 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
And thus ye make void the word of God, for the sake of your tradition.
7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
Ye hypocrites, well did the prophet Isaiah prophesy of you, and say:
8 These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
This people honoreth me with the lips, but their heart is far from me.
9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
And in vain they pay me homage, while they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men.
10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
And he called the multitudes, and said to them, Hear and understand.
11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
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 and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
Then came his disciples, and said to him: Knowest thou, that the Pharisees were offended when they heard that speech?
13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
And he replied, and said to them: Every plant, which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted, shall be eradicated.
14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
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 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
And Simon Cephas answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude.
16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
And he said to them: Are ye also, up to this time, without understanding?
17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
Know ye not, that whatever entereth the mouth, passeth into the belly, and from there is ejected by purgation?
18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
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, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
For, from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, whoredom, theft, false testimony, reviling.
20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
These are the things that defile a man. But if a man eat while his hands are unwashed, he is not defiled.
21 And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
And Jesus departed from there, and went to the confines of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.
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 he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying 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 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering 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 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.
And she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord.
26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give 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 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' 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 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that 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 And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.
And Jesus departed from there, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee: and he ascended a mountain, and sat there.
30 And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:
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 So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to 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 And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.
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 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?
His disciples say to him: Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude?
34 And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.
Jesus said to them, How many loaves have ye? They said to him, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground.
36 And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it 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 And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.
And they all ate, and were satisfied. And they took up the remains of fragments, seven full baskets.
38 And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.
And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.
And when he had sent away the multitudes, he took ship, and came to the coasts of Magdala.
