Matthew 15
1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem approached Jesus saying:
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread.”
3 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
So in answer He said to them: “Why do you even transgress the commandment of God through your tradition?
4 For God commanded, ‘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, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘He who curses 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 you say: ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you might be profited by me is a gift to God”—
6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
then he must not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have nullified the commandment of God through your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you saying:
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me.
9 And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.
Then summoning the crowd He said to them: “Hear and understand.
11 That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
Not what goes into the mouth defiles the man, but what comes out of the mouth—this 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 and said to Him, “Do you know that upon hearing this saying the Pharisees were offended?”
13 But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
But in answer He said: “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant 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.”
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
So Jesus said: “Are you also still without understanding?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is expelled into the sewer?
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
But the things coming out of the mouth actually come from the heart; those are the things that defile the man.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
Because out of the heart proceed malignant thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
These are the things that defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Going out from there Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
And then, a Canaanite woman coming from those parts cried out to Him saying: “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demonized.”
23 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”
But He answered her not a word. So His disciples came and urged Him saying, “Send her away, because she is crying out after us.”
24 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But in answer 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.”
So she came and worshiped 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 in answer He said, “It is not good 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.”
So she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.”
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 answered and said to her: “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
29 Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat there.
Moving on from there, Jesus went alongside the Sea of Galilee, and going up on the mountain He sat down there.
30 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
And large crowds approached Him, having with them lame, blind, mute, maimed and many others, and they placed them at Jesus' feet, and He healed them.
31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
So the crowds marveled—seeing mutes speaking, maimed made whole, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they kept glorifying the God of Israel.
32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
Then Jesus summoned His disciples and said: “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already remained with me three days, and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
33 The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
So His disciples say to Him, “Where could we get, in an uninhabited place, enough bread so as to satisfy such a great crowd?”
34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
Jesus says to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
So He commanded the crowds to recline 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 multitudes.
And taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks, broke and gave 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.
So they all ate and were filled; and they took up seven hampers full of the fragments that remained.
38 Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
And having dismissed the crowds He got into the boat and went to the region of Magdala.
