Matthew 15
1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law came to Jesus, and said,
Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
2 “How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food.”
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?"
3 His reply was, “How is it that you on your side break God’s commandments out of respect for your own traditions?
"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God said – ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who abuses his father or mother shall suffer death,’
For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';
5 but you say ‘Whenever anyone says to his father or mother “Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is set apart for God,”
but you--this is what you say: 'If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--
6 he is in no way bound to honor his father.’ In this way you have nullified the words of God for the sake of your traditions.
he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
7 Hypocrites! It was well said by Isaiah when he prophesied about you –
Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
8 ‘This is a people that honor me with their lips, While their hearts are far removed from me;
"'This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their heart is far away from Me;
9 but vainly do they worship me, For they teach but human precepts.’”
but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"
10 Then Jesus called the people to him, and said, “Listen, and mark my words.
Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.
11 It is not what enters a person’s mouth that defiles them, but what comes out from their mouth – that does defile them!”
It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; but it is what comes out of his mouth--that defiles a man."
12 His disciples came up to him, and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked on hearing what you said?”
Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"
13 “Every plant,” Jesus replied, “that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
"Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
14 Leave them be; they are but blind guides; and, if one blind person guides another, both of them will fall into a ditch.”
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."
15 Peter spoke up, “Explain this saying to us.”
"Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.
16 “What, do even you understand nothing yet?” Jesus exclaimed.
"Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?
17 “Don’t you see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is afterward expelled?
Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?
18 But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile a person;
But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
19 for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts – murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, perjury, slander.
For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
20 These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”
These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
21 On going away from that place, Jesus went to the country around Tyre and Sidon.
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
22 There, a Canaanite woman of that district came out and began calling to Jesus, “Take pity on me, Master, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed by a demon.”
Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."
23 But Jesus did not answer her a word; and his disciples came up and begged him to send her away. “She keeps calling out after us,” they said.
But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps crying behind us."
24 “I was not sent,” replied Jesus, “to anyone except the lost sheep of Israel.”
"I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
25 But the woman came, and, bowing to the ground before him, said, “Master, help me.”
Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
26 “It is not fair,” replied Jesus, “to take the children’s food and throw it to dogs.”
"It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
27 “Yes, Master,” she said, “for even dogs do feed on the scraps that fall from their owners’ table.”
"Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
28 “Your faith is great,” was his reply to the woman, “it will be as you wish!” And her daughter was cured that very hour.
"O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.
29 On leaving that place, Jesus went to the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and then went up the hill, and sat down.
Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.
30 Great crowds of people came to him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. They put them down at his feet, and he cured them;
Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,
31 and the crowds were astonished, when they saw the dumb talking, the cripples made sound, the lame walking about, and the blind with their sight restored; and they praised the God of Israel.
so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of Israel.
32 Afterward Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, “My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry; they might faint on the way home.”
But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."
33 “Where can we,” his disciples asked, “in a lonely place find enough bread for such a crowd as this?”
"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
34 “How many loaves have you?” said Jesus. “Seven,” they answered, “and a few small fish.”
"How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
35 Telling the crowd to sit down on the ground,
So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
36 Jesus took the seven loaves and the fish, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to the disciples; and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
and He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks He broke them up and then distributed them to the disciples, and they to the people.
37 Everyone had sufficient to eat, and they picked up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left.
And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up--seven full hampers.
38 The men who ate were four thousand in number without counting women and children.
Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
39 Then, after dismissing the crowds, Jesus got into the boat, and went to the region of Magadan.
He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.
