Matthew 15
1 Then came to Jesus Pharisees and Scribes that were from Jerusalem, and said:
Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread?
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?"
3 Jesus replied and said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, on account of your tradition?
"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God hath said: Honor thy father, and thy mother; and he that revileth his father or his mother, shall be put to 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 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.
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 And thus ye make void the word of God, for the sake of your tradition.
he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did the prophet Isaiah prophesy of you, and say:
Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
8 This people honoreth me with the lips, but their heart is far from me.
"'This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their heart is far away from Me;
9 And in vain they pay me homage, while they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men.
but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"
10 And he called the multitudes, and said to them, Hear and understand.
Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.
11 Not that which entereth the mouth, defileth a man; but that which proceedeth from the mouth, that defileth a man.
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 Then came his disciples, and said to him: Knowest thou, that the Pharisees were offended when they heard that speech?
Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"
13 And he replied, and said to them: Every plant, which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted, shall be eradicated.
"Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
14 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.
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 And Simon Cephas answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude.
"Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.
16 And he said to them: Are ye also, up to this time, without understanding?
"Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?
17 Know ye not, that whatever entereth the mouth, passeth into the belly, and from there is ejected by purgation?
Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?
18 But that which proceedeth from the mouth, cometh from the heart: and that is what defileth a man.
But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
19 For, from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, whoredom, theft, false testimony, reviling.
For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
20 These are the things that defile a man. But if a man eat while his hands are unwashed, he is not defiled.
These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
21 And Jesus departed from there, and went to the confines of Tyre and Sidon.
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
22 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.
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 he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and requested of him, and said: Send her away, for she crieth after us.
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 But he answered and said to them: I am not sent, except to the sheep that have strayed from the house of Israel.
"I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
25 And she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord.
Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
26 Jesus said to her: It is not proper, to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs.
"It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
27 And she said: Even so, my Lord; yet the dogs eat of the fragments that fall from the tables of their masters, and live.
"Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
28 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.
"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 And Jesus departed from there, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee: and he ascended a mountain, and sat there.
Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.
30 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 His disciples say to him: Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude?
"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
34 Jesus said to them, How many loaves have ye? They said to him, Seven, and a few little fishes.
"How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
35 And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground.
So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
36 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.
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 And they all ate, and were satisfied. And they took up the remains of fragments, seven full baskets.
And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up--seven full hampers.
38 And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
39 And when he had sent away the multitudes, he took ship, and came to the coasts of Magdala.
He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.
