Matteus 15
Det Norsk Bibelselskap 1930
15 Da kom fariseere og skriftlærde fra Jerusalem til Jesus og sa: Mark.
2 Hvorfor bryter dine disipler de gamles vedtekt? de vasker jo ikke sine hender når de holder måltid.
3 Men han svarte og sa til dem: Og I, hvorfor bryter I Guds bud for eders vedtekts skyld?
4 For Gud har gitt det bud: Hedre din far og din mor; og: Den som banner far eller mor, skal visselig dø;
5 men I sier: Den som sier til far eller mor: Det du skulde hatt til hjelp av mig, det gir jeg til templet - han skylder ikke å hedre sin far eller sin mor.
6 Og I har gjort Guds lov til intet for eders vedtekts skyld.
7 I hyklere! rett spådde Esaias om eder da han sa:
8 Dette folk ærer mig med lebene; men deres hjerte er langt borte fra mig;
9 men de dyrker mig forgjeves, idet de lærer lærdommer som er menneskebud.
10 Og han kalte folket til sig og sa til dem: Hør dette og forstå det:
11 Ikke det som kommer inn i munnen, gjør mennesket urent; men det som går ut av munnen, det gjør mennesket urent.
12 Da gikk hans disipler til ham og sa: Vet du at fariseerne tok anstøt ved å høre dette ord?
13 Men han svarte og sa: Enhver plante som min himmelske Fader ikke har plantet, skal rykkes op med rot.
14 La dem fare! de er blinde veiledere for blinde; men når en blind leder en blind, faller de begge i grøften.
15 Da svarte Peter og sa til ham: Tyd denne lignelse for oss!
16 Men han sa: Er også I ennu uforstandige?
17 Skjønner I ikke at alt det som kommer inn i munnen, går i buken og kastes ut den naturlige vei?
18 Men det som går ut av munnen, det kommer fra hjertet, og dette er det som gjør mennesket urent.
19 For fra hjertet kommer onde tanker: mord, hor, utukt, tyveri, falskt vidnesbyrd, bespottelse.
20 Dette er det som gjør mennesket urent; men å ete med uvaskede hender gjør ikke mennesket urent.
21 Og Jesus gikk bort derfra, og trakk sig tilbake til landet ved Tyrus og Sidon.
22 Og se, en kananeisk kvinne kom fra de landemerker og ropte: Herre, du Davids sønn! miskunn dig over mig! min datter plages ille av en ond ånd.
23 Men han svarte henne ikke et ord. Da gikk hans disipler til ham og bad ham og sa: Skill dig av med henne! for hun roper efter oss.
24 Men han svarte og sa: Jeg er ikke utsendt til andre enn de fortapte får av Israels hus.
25 Men hun kom og falt ned for ham og sa: Herre, hjelp mig!
26 Men han svarte og sa: Det er ikke rett å ta brødet fra barna og kaste det for de små hunder.
27 Men hun sa: Det er sant, Herre! for de små hunder eter jo av de smuler som faller fra deres herrers bord.
28 Da svarte Jesus og sa til henne: Kvinne! din tro er stor; dig skje som du vil! Og hennes datter blev helbredet fra samme stund.
29 Og Jesus gikk bort derfra og kom til den Galileiske Sjø, og han gikk op i fjellet og satte sig der.
30 Og meget folk kom til ham, og de hadde med sig halte, blinde, stumme, vanføre og mange andre; og de la dem for hans føtter, og han helbredet dem,
31 så at folket undret sig da de så stumme tale, vanføre helbredes, halte gå og blinde se; og de priste Israels Gud.
32 Men Jesus kalte sine disipler til sig og sa: Jeg ynkes inderlig over folket; for de har alt vært hos mig i tre dager, og de har ikke noget å ete; og la dem fare fastende fra mig vil jeg ikke, forat de ikke skal vansmekte på veien.
33 Og hans disipler sa til ham: Hvorfra skal vi her i ørkenen få brød nok til å mette så meget folk?
34 Og Jesus sa til dem: Hvor mange brød har I? De sa: Syv, og nogen få småfisker.
35 Da bød han folket sette sig ned på jorden,
36 og han tok de syv brød og fiskene, takket og brøt dem og gav dem til disiplene, og disiplene til folket.
37 Og de åt alle sammen og blev mette; og de tok op det som blev tilovers av stykkene, syv kurver fulle.
38 Men de som hadde ett, var fire tusen menn foruten kvinner og barn.
39 Og da han hadde latt folket fare, gikk han i båten og kom til landet ved Magadan.
Matthew 15
Expanded Bible
Obey God’s Law(A)
15 Then some Pharisees and ·teachers of the law [scribes] came to Jesus from Jerusalem. They asked him, 2 “Why don’t your ·followers [disciples] obey the ·unwritten laws which have been handed down to us [L traditions of the elders]? [L For] They don’t wash their hands before they eat [C a Jewish ritual for ceremonial purity].”
3 Jesus answered, “And why do you ·refuse to obey [break; violate] God’s command ·so that you can follow your own teachings [L for the sake of your traditions]? 4 God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother [Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16],’ and ‘Anyone who ·says cruel things to [speaks evil of; curses] his father or mother must be put to death [Ex. 21:17; Lev. 20:9].’ 5 But you say a person can tell his father or mother, ‘I have something I could use to help you, but I have ·given [dedicated; devoted] it to God already [C a practice known as Corban; see Mark 7:10–12].’ 6 You teach that person ·not to [that he need not] honor his father or his mother. You ·rejected [invalidated; canceled; nullified] ·what God said [L the word of God] for the sake of your own ·rules [tradition]. 7 You are hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he ·said [L prophesied] about you:
8 ‘These people show honor to me with ·words [L their lips],
but their hearts are far from me.
9 Their worship of me is ·worthless [futile; in vain].
The things [doctrines] they teach are nothing but human ·rules [commandments; Is. 29:13].’”
10 After Jesus called the crowd to him, he said, “Listen and ·understand what I am saying [try to understand]. 11 It is not what ·people put into their mouths [L goes into the mouth] that ·makes them unclean [pollutes/defiles the person]. It is what comes out of their mouths that ·makes them unclean [pollutes/defiles the person].”
12 Then his ·followers [disciples] came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees are ·angry [offended; shocked] because of what you said?”
13 Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted himself will be pulled up by the roots. 14 ·Stay away from the Pharisees [L Leave/Ignore them]; they are blind ·leaders [guides].[a] And if a blind person ·leads [guides] a blind person, both will fall into a ·ditch [pit; hole].”
15 Peter said, “Explain the ·example [parable] to us.”
16 Jesus said, “·Do you still not understand [L Are you still so dull/foolish]? 17 ·Surely you know [L Don’t you know…?] that all the food that enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then goes ·out of the body [L into the sewer/latrine].” 18 But ·what people say with their mouths [L the things that come out of the mouth] comes from the ·way they think [L the heart]; these are the things that ·make people unclean [pollute/defiled a person]. 19 [L For] Out of the ·mind [heart] come evil ·thoughts [intentions; ideas], murder, adultery, sexual sins, stealing, ·lying [false witness/testimony], and ·speaking evil of others [slander; blasphemy]. 20 These things make people ·unclean [polluted; defiled]; eating with unwashed hands does not make them ·unclean [polluted; defiled].”
Jesus Helps a Gentile Woman(B)
21 Jesus left that place and went to the ·area [district; region] of Tyre and Sidon [C cities on the coast north of Israel]. 22 A ·Canaanite [C a non-Jewish (Gentile) resident of Palestine (Canaan was the ancient name for Palestine)] woman from that area came to Jesus and cried out, “Lord, Son of David [C a title for the Messiah], have mercy on me! My daughter ·has a demon, and she is suffering very much [is tormented; L is severely demon-possessed].”
23 But Jesus did not ·answer the woman [L answer her a word]. So his ·followers [disciples] came to Jesus and ·begged [asked; urged] him, “Tell the woman to go away. [L Because] She is following us and ·shouting [crying out].”
24 Jesus answered, “·God sent me [L I was sent] only to the lost sheep, the ·people [L house] of Israel.”
25 Then the woman came to Jesus again and bowed before him and said, “Lord, help me!”
26 Jesus answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and ·give [throw] it to the dogs.” [C “Children” refers to Israel; “dogs” to the Gentiles.]
27 The woman said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered, “[L O] Woman, you have great faith! ·I will do what you asked [L Let it be done for you as you wish].” And ·at that moment [L from that hour] the woman’s daughter was healed.
Jesus Heals Many People(C)
29 After leaving there, Jesus went along ·the shore of Lake Galilee [T the Sea of Galilee]. He went up on ·a hill [or the mountain] and sat there.
30 Great crowds came to Jesus, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, ·those who could not speak [the mute/deaf; C the word can refer to speech or hearing; v. 31 suggests it here means “mute”], and many others. They ·put [laid] them at Jesus’ feet, and he healed them. 31 The crowd was ·amazed [astonished; marveled] when they saw that ·people who could not speak before [the mute/deaf] were now able to speak. The crippled were ·made strong [well; whole]. The lame could walk, and the blind could see. And they ·praised [glorified] the God of Israel for this.
More than Four Thousand Fed(D)
32 Jesus called his ·followers [disciples] to him and said, “I ·feel sorry [have compassion] for these people, because they have already been with me three days, and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry. They might ·faint [collapse] while going home.”
33 His ·followers [disciples] asked him, “·How [L From where] can we get enough bread in this ·remote place [desolate place; desert] to feed ·all these people [L so great a crowd]?”
34 Jesus asked, “How many loaves of bread do you have?”
They answered, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 Jesus told the people to ·sit [recline] on the ground. 36 He took the seven loaves of bread and the fish and gave thanks to God. Then he ·divided the food [L broke them] and gave it to his ·followers [disciples], and they gave it to the people. 37 All the people ate and were satisfied. Then his ·followers [disciples] filled seven ·baskets [large baskets; C a different word than in the feeding of the five thousand; 14:20] with the leftover pieces of food. 38 There were about four thousand men there who ate, besides women and children. 39 After ·sending the people home [dismissing the crowds], Jesus got into the boat and went to the ·area [region] of Magadan [C an unknown place, probably on the western shore of Lake Galilee; perhaps Magdala, the hometown of Mary Magdalene].
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:14 leaders Some Greek copies continue, “of blind people.”
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