Matthew 15
1 Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem approached Jesus saying:
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 “Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread.”
Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 So in answer He said to them: “Why do you even transgress the commandment of God through your tradition?
But he answered and said unto them, Why do all of you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God commanded saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
For God commanded, saying, Honour your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But you say: ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you might be profited by me is a gift to God”—
But all of you say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever you might be profited by me;
6 then he must not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have nullified the commandment of God through your tradition.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have all of you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you saying:
All of you hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me.
This people draws nigh unto me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10 Then summoning the crowd He said to them: “Hear and understand.
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles the man, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles the man.”
Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do you know that upon hearing this saying the Pharisees were offended?”
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Know you that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? (logos)
13 But in answer He said: “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
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 Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16 So Jesus said: “Are you also still without understanding?
And Jesus said, Are all of you also yet without understanding?
17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is expelled into the sewer?
Do not all of you yet understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But the things coming out of the mouth actually come from the heart; those are the things that defile the man.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 Because out of the heart proceed malignant thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things that defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not a man.
21 Going out from there Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And then, a Canaanite woman coming from those parts cried out to Him saying: “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demonized.”
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23 But He answered her not a word. So His disciples came and urged Him saying, “Send her away, because she is crying out after us.”
But he answered her not a word. (logos) And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us.
24 But in answer He said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 So she came and worshiped Him saying, “Lord, help me!”
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But in answer He said, “It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 So she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.”
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her: “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is your faith: be it unto you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
29 Moving on from there, Jesus went alongside the Sea of Galilee, and going up on the mountain He sat down there.
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 large crowds approached Him, having with them lame, blind, mute, maimed and many others, and they placed them at Jesus' feet, and He healed them.
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, physically disabled, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
31 So the crowds marveled—seeing mutes speaking, maimed made whole, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they kept glorifying the God of Israel.
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the physically disabled to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus summoned His disciples and said: “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already remained with me three days, and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
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 So His disciples say to Him, “Where could we get, in an uninhabited place, enough bread so as to satisfy such a great crowd?”
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
34 Jesus says to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
And Jesus says unto them, How many loaves have all of you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 So He commanded the crowds to recline on the ground.
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36 And taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks, broke and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.
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 So they all ate and were filled; and they took up seven hampers full of the fragments that remained.
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full.
38 Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
39 And having dismissed the crowds He got into the boat and went to the region of Magdala.
And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
