Matthew 15
1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
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 by not washing their hands before meals?"
3 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of 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 said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly 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--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 shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because 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 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their 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 they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"
10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.
Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "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.”
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 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 the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"
13 But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
"Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will 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.”
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 answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
"Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
"Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
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 come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity 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!”
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. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries 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, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
"I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
26 But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread 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 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
"Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
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.
"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 Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat there.
Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, 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,
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 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 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 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.”
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 The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a 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 do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
"How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
So He bade all 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 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 They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up--seven full hampers.
38 Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.
