Matthew 15
1 Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
Then some Scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem addressed him, saying,
2 "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?"
Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders; for they was not their hands before meals.
3 "Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?
Jesus answering, saud to them, Why do you yourselves by your tradition, transgress the commandment of God?
4 For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';
For God has commanded, saying, "Honor father and mother"; and "Whosoever reviles father or mother, let him be punished with death."
5 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--
But you affirm, If a man say to father or mother, I devote whatever of mine shall profit you,
6 he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
he shall not afterward honor by his assistance, his father or his mother. Thus, by your tradition, you annul the commandment of God.
7 Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
Hypocrites, well do you suit the character which Isaiah gave of you, saying,
8 "'This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their heart is far away from Me;
"This people honor me with their lips. though their heart is estranged from me.
9 but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"
But in vain they worship me, while they teach institutions merely human."
10 Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.
Then, having called the multitude, he said to them, Hear, and be instructed.
11 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."
It is not what goes into the mouth pollutes the man; but it is what proceeds out of the mouth, that pollutes the man.
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"
On which his disciples accosting him, said, Did you observe how the Pharisees, when they heard that saying were offended?
13 "Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
He answered, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be extirpated.
14 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."
Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.
15 "Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.
Then Peter addressing him, said, Explain to us that parable.
16 "Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?
Jesus answered, Are you also void of understanding?
17 Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?
Do you not apprehend, that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach, and is thrown out into the sink.
18 But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
But that which proceeds out of the mouth, issues from the heart, and so pollutes the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
For out of the heart proceed malicious contrivances, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies.
20 These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
These are the things which pollute the man; but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not the man.
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
Then Jesus withdrew into the confines of Tyre and Sidon;
22 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."
and behold! a Canaanitish woman of these territories came to him, crying, Master, Son of David, have pity on me; my daughter is grievously afflicted by a demon.
23 But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps crying behind us."
But he gave her no answer. Then his disciples interposed, and entreated him, saying, Dismiss her, for she clamors after us.
24 "I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
He answering said, My mission is only to the lost sheep of the stock of Israel.
25 Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
She, nevertheless, advanced, and prostrating herself before him, said, O Lord, help me.
26 "It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
He replied, It is not seemly to take the children's bread, and throw it to the dogs.
27 "Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
True, Sir, returned she. Yet even the dogs are allowed the crumbs which fall from their master's table.
28 "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.
Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman! great is your faith. Be it to you as you desire. And that instant her daughter was healed.
29 Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.
Jesus having left that place, came nigh to the sea of Galilee, and repaired to a mountain, where he sat down;
30 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,
and great multitudes flocked to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the dumb, the cripple, and several others, whom they laid at his feet; and he healed them:
31 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.
insomuch that the people beheld, with admiration, the dumb speaking, the cripple sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 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."
Then Jesus called to him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude because they have now attended me three days, and have nothing to eat; I will not dismiss them fasting, lest they faint by the way.
33 "Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
His disciples answered, Whence can we get bread enough, in the solitude, to satisfy such a crowd?
34 "How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
35 So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
Then commanding the people to recline upon the ground,
36 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.
he took the seven loaves and the fishes, which, having given thanks, he divided and gave to his disciples, who distributed them among the people.
37 And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up--seven full hampers.
When all had eat, and were satisfied, they carried off seven hand-baskets full of the fragments that remained.
38 Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
Now they that had eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.
Then having dismissed the multitude, he embarked, and sailed to the coast of Magdala.
