Matthew 15
1 Then the Pharisees and scribes came to Yeshua from Urishlim, saying,
Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,
2 "Why do your disciples disobey the Tradition of the Elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."
"Why do your disciples keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?"
3 And he answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
"And why do you also keep transgressing the command of God by your tradition?" he asked.
4 For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
"For God said, Honor your father and mother, and, Let him who reviles father or mother be put to death;
5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
but you say that whoever tells his father or mother, ‘Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is dedicated to God,’
6 he is not to honor his father or his mother.' You have made the word of God void because of your tradition.
is in no way bound to honor his father. Thus do you make void the word of God by your tradition!
7 You hypocrites. Well did Eshaya prophesy of you, saying,
Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying.
8 'These people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
This is a people that honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching instructions that are the commandments of humans.'"
In vain do they worship me, While they teach doctrines that are the commands of men."
10 He summoned the crowd, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
Then Jesus called the people to him and said.
11 That which enters into the mouth does not defile the person; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the person."
"Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man’s mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."
12 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied.
13 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
"Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
"Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."
15 And answering, Kipha said to him, "Explain this parable to us."
Then Peter said to Jesus, "Explain the parable to us."
16 So he said, "Do you also still not understand?
He answered. "Are even you still without understanding?
17 Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
"Do you not know how all that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterward evacuated;
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the person.
while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart - and that is what defiles a man.
19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.
20 These are the things which defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person."
These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
21 Yeshua went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tsur and Tsaidan.
Jesus then left that place, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And look, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and started shouting, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of Dawid. My daughter is severely demonized."
Behold, there came to him a Canaanite woman of those parts. She wailed loudly, saying. "Pity me, Lord, thou Son of David! My daughter is possessed of an evil spirit."
23 But he did not answer her a word. His disciples came and pleaded with him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps shouting at us."
But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."
24 But he answered, "I was not sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israyel."
In reply he said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
But the woman came and knelt to him and said, "Lord, do help me."
26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
He answered, "It is not seemly to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs."
27 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
"True, Lord," she said, "but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table."
28 Then Yeshua answered her, "Woman, great is your faith. Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Then Jesus answered her. "O woman, great is your faith. It shall be for you even as you desire." And from that hour her daughter was healed.
29 Yeshua departed there, and came near to the lake of Galila; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
On leaving that place Jesus went along the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and after climbing a hill, took his seat there.
30 Large crowds came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at his feet; and he healed them.
Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them;
31 So the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, crippled healthy, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israyel.
so that the crowd wondered when they saw the dumb speaking, the cripples walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Yeshua summoned the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
But Jesus called his disciples to him and said. "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."
33 Then the disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a crowd?"
"In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"
34 Yeshua said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
"How many loaves have you?" answered Jesus. They replied, "Seven, and a few small fish.
35 He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground;
So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground,
36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, then he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.
37 They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
And all ate and were satisfied, and of the fragments that remained they gathered seven large basketfuls.
38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
And those who ate numbered four thousand, besides the women and children.
39 Then he sent away the crowds, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdu.
When he had sent the crowds away, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.
