Matthew 15
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem approached Jesus saying:
2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread.”
3 But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
So in answer He said to them: “Why do you even transgress the commandment of God through your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
For God commanded saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;
But you say: ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you might be profited by me is a gift to God”—
6 And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
then he must not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have nullified the commandment of God through your tradition.
7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you saying:
8 This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
10 And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:
Then summoning the crowd He said to them: “Hear and understand.
11 Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
Not what goes into the mouth defiles the man, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles the man.”
12 Then came his disciples, and said to him, Know you that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do you know that upon hearing this saying the Pharisees were offended?”
13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.
But in answer He said: “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 Then answered Peter and said to him, Declare to us this parable.
Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding?
So Jesus said: “Are you also still without understanding?
17 Do not you yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is expelled into the sewer?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
But the things coming out of the mouth actually come from the heart; those are the things that defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Because out of the heart proceed malignant thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not a man.
These are the things that defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
21 Then Jesus went there, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Going out from there Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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.”
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and sought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us.
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.”
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
But in answer He said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
So she came and worshiped Him saying, “Lord, help me!”
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
But in answer He said, “It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
So she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.”
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
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.
29 And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
Moving on from there, Jesus went alongside the Sea of Galilee, and going up on the mountain He sat down there.
30 And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
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.
31 So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
So the crowds marveled—seeing mutes speaking, maimed made whole, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they kept glorifying the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called his disciples to 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.
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.”
33 And his disciples say to him, From where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
So His disciples say to Him, “Where could we get, in an uninhabited place, enough bread so as to satisfy such a great crowd?”
34 And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
Jesus says to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
So He commanded the crowds to recline on the ground.
36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
And taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks, broke and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.
37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
So they all ate and were filled; and they took up seven hampers full of the fragments that remained.
38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
And having dismissed the crowds He got into the boat and went to the region of Magdala.
