Matthew 15
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Then came to Jesus Pharisees and Scribes that were from Jerusalem, and said:
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread?
3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by 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 commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the 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 ye say, Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
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 And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
And thus ye make void the word of God, for the sake of your tradition.
7 [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Ye hypocrites, well did the prophet Isaiah prophesy of you, and say:
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me 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 in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
And in vain they pay me homage, while they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men.
10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
And he called the multitudes, and said to them, Hear and understand.
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Not that which entereth the mouth, defileth a man; but that which proceedeth from the mouth, that defileth a man.
12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
Then came his disciples, and said to him: Knowest thou, that the Pharisees were offended when they heard that speech?
13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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 alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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 answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
And Simon Cephas answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
And he said to them: Are ye also, up to this time, without understanding?
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Know ye not, that whatever entereth the mouth, passeth into the belly, and from there is ejected by purgation?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the 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 proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
For, from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, whoredom, theft, false testimony, reviling.
20 These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
These are the things that defile a man. But if a man eat while his hands are unwashed, he is not defiled.
21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
And Jesus departed from there, and went to the confines of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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 answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth 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 answered and said, I am not sent but unto 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 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
And she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.
Jesus said to her: It is not proper, to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from 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 answered and said unto her, O woman, great [is] thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole 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 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down 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 great multitudes came unto 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 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 Insomuch 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 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 [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.
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 his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
His disciples say to him: Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude?
34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
Jesus said to them, How many loaves have ye? They said to him, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground.
36 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.
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 did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven baskets full.
And they all ate, and were satisfied. And they took up the remains of fragments, seven full baskets.
38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
And they that had eaten 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 when he had sent away the multitudes, he took ship, and came to the coasts of Magdala.
