Matthew 15
1 Then the Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
Then came to Jesus the scribes and pharisees from Jerusalem 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 thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat.
3 And he answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
But He answered and said unto them, And why do ye transgress the commandment of God for your tradition?
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 commanded saying, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that revileth father or mother, let him 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 ye say, If any man say to his father or mother, "that which thou mightest be profited by from me is a gift to the temple,"
6 he is not to honor his father or his mother.' You have made the word of God void because of your tradition.
and so honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. And thus have ye made void the commandment of God by your tradition.
7 You hypocrites. Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Well did Esaias prophecy concerning you,
8 'These people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
saying, This people approach me with their mouth, and honour 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.'"
but in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the injunctions of men.
10 He summoned the crowd, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
And He called the multitude to Him, and said unto them, Hear and understand it:
11 That which enters into the mouth does not defile the person; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the person."
not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this polluteth the man.
12 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
Whereupon his disciples came and said to Him, Dost thou know that the pharisees, when they heard this assertion, were offended at it?
13 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
But He answered and said, Every plantation which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
Regard them not; for they are blind guides of the blind: and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.
15 And answering, Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."
Then Peter answered, and said unto Him, Explain to us this parable.
16 So he said, "Do you also still not understand?
And Jesus replied, Are ye also still void of understanding?
17 Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
Do ye not yet know, that whatever goeth into the mouth passeth to the belly and is discharged downwards?
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the person.
But the things, which proceed out of the mouth, come from the heart, and those defile 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 proceed wicked disputings, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, slanders:
20 These are the things which defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person."
these defile a man, but to eat without washing the hands doth not defile him.
21 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the parts adjacent to 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 David. My daughter is severely demonized."
And there came out of those quarters a Canaanitish woman, and cried to Him saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; for my daughter is grievously tormented by a demon.
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: and his disciples came and intreated Him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth importunately after us.
24 But he answered, "I was not sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
But he answered and said, I am sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
However, she came and worshipped Him, saying, Lord help me.
26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
But he answered, It is not fit to take the children's bread and throw it to dogs: and she said, True, Lord;
27 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
28 Then Jesus 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 answering, said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it therefore unto thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was cured from that very hour.
29 Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
And Jesus departed from thence, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and going up to a mountain He sat down 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.
And great multitudes came to Him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and laid them at the feet of Jesus, 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 Israel.
So that the people wondered when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed become sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Jesus 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."
Then Jesus called his disciples to Him and said, I am moved with compassion to the multitude, for they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: I will not let them go away fasting, least they faint in the way.
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?"
And his disciples replied, Whence can we have so much bread in this desert place as to satisfy so great a multitude?
34 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? and they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
35 He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground;
Then He bid the people sit down on 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.
and taking the seven loaves and the fishes, when He had given thanks, He brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37 They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
And they did all eat, and were satisfied: and they took up what was left even of fragments seven baskets full.
38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Now they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
39 Then he sent away the crowds, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.
Then he dismissed the multitudes, and went into a ship, and came to the coasts of Magdala.
