Mateo 15
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang tungkol sa mga Tradisyon(A)
15 Pagkatapos noon, lumapit kay Jesus ang ilang mga Pariseo at mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan galing sa Jerusalem. Tinanong nila si Jesus, 2 “Bakit nilalabag ng mga tagasunod mo ang tradisyon ng ating mga ninuno? Hindi sila naghuhugas ng kamay bago kumain.” 3 Sumagot si Jesus sa kanila, “At kayo, bakit ninyo nilalabag ang utos ng Dios dahil sa inyong mga tradisyon? 4 Halimbawa, sinabi ng Dios, ‘Igalang ninyo ang inyong mga magulang,’[a] at ‘Ang lumapastangan sa kanyang mga magulang ay dapat patayin.’[b] 5 Ngunit itinuturo naman ninyo na kapag sinabi ng isang anak sa kanyang mga magulang na ang tulong na ibibigay niya sana sa kanila ay nakalaan na sa Dios, 6 hindi na niya kailangang tumulong sa kanila. Pinawawalang-halaga ninyo ang utos ng Dios dahil sa inyong mga tradisyon. 7 Mga pakitang-tao! Tamang-tama ang sinabi ng Dios tungkol sa inyo sa pamamagitan ni Isaias:
8 ‘Iginagalang ako ng mga taong ito sa mga labi lang nila,
ngunit malayo sa akin ang kanilang mga puso.
9 Walang kabuluhan ang pagsamba nila sa akin,
sapagkat ang mga itinuturo nila ay mga utos lang ng tao.’ ”[c]
Ang Nagpaparumi sa Tao(B)
10 Tinawag ni Jesus ang mga tao at sinabi sa kanila, “Makinig kayo at unawain ang sasabihin ko. 11 Hindi ang pumapasok sa bibig ng tao ang nagpaparumi sa kanya kundi ang mga lumalabas dito.”
12 Lumapit ngayon ang mga tagasunod niya at sinabi, “Alam nʼyo po ba na nasaktan ang mga Pariseo sa sinabi ninyo?” 13 Sumagot siya, “Lahat ng halamang hindi itinanim ng aking Amang nasa langit ay bubunutin. 14 Hayaan ninyo sila. Mga bulag silang tagaakay. Kung ang bulag ang aakay sa kapwa niya bulag, pareho silang mahuhulog sa hukay.” 15 Sumagot si Pedro, “Pakipaliwanag nʼyo po sa amin ang paghahalintulad na sinabi nʼyo kanina.” 16 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Hindi pa rin ba ninyo naintindihan? 17 Hindi ba ninyo alam na anumang pumapasok sa bibig ay tumutuloy sa tiyan at idinudumi? 18 Ngunit ang lumalabas sa bibig ay nagmumula sa puso ng tao, at ito ang nagpaparumi sa kanya sa paningin ng Dios. 19 Sapagkat sa puso ng tao nagmumula ang masasamang pag-iisip na nagtutulak sa kanya para pumatay, mangalunya, gumawa ng sekswal na imoralidad, magnakaw, magsinungaling at manira ng kapwa. 20 Ang mga bagay na ito ang nagpaparumi sa isang tao. Ngunit ang kumain nang hindi naghuhugas ng kamay ay hindi nakapagpaparumi sa tao.”
Ang Pananampalataya ng Babaeng Hindi Judio(C)
21 Umalis si Jesus mula roon at pumunta sa mga lugar na malapit sa Tyre at Sidon. 22 May isang Cananea na naninirahan doon. Lumapit siya kay Jesus at nagmakaawa. Sinabi niya, “Panginoon, Anak ni David,[d] maawa kayo sa akin. Ang anak kong babae ay sinasaniban at lubhang pinahihirapan ng masamang espiritu.” 23 Pero hindi sumagot si Jesus. Kaya lumapit sa kanya ang mga tagasunod niya at sinabi, “Paalisin nʼyo na po ang babaeng iyan, dahil sunod siya nang sunod sa atin at nag-iingay.” 24 Sinabi ni Jesus sa babae, “Sinugo ako para lang sa mga Israelita na parang mga tupang naliligaw.” 25 Pero lumapit pa ang babae kay Jesus at lumuhod sa harap niya, at sinabi, “Panginoon, tulungan nʼyo po ako.” 26 Sinagot siya ni Jesus sa pamamagitan ng isang kasabihan, “Hindi tamang kunin ang pagkain ng mga anak at ihagis sa mga aso.” 27 Sumagot naman ang babae, “Tama po kayo, Panginoon, pero kahit mga aso ay kumakain ng mga tirang nahuhulog mula sa mesa ng kanilang amo.” 28 At sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus, “Napakalaki ng pananampalataya mo! Mangyayari ang ayon sa hinihiling mo.” At nang sandaling iyon ay gumaling ang anak ng babae.
Maraming Pinagaling si Jesus
29 Mula roon, pumunta si Jesus sa tabi ng Lawa ng Galilea. Pagkatapos, umakyat siya sa bundok at naupo roon. 30 Maraming tao ang pumunta sa kanya na may dalang mga pilay, bulag, komang, pipi, at marami pang mga may sakit. Inilapit sila sa paanan ni Jesus at pinagaling niya silang lahat. 31 Namangha nang husto ang mga tao nang makita nilang nakakapagsalita na ang mga pipi, gumaling na ang mga komang, nakakalakad na ang mga pilay, at nakakakita na ang mga bulag. Kaya pinuri nila ang Dios ng Israel.
Ang Pagpapakain sa Apat na Libo(D)
32 Tinawag ni Jesus ang mga tagasunod niya at sinabi, “Naaawa ako sa mga taong ito. Tatlong araw ko na silang kasama at wala na silang makain. Ayaw kong pauwiin sila nang gutom at baka mahilo sila sa daan.” 33 Sumagot ang mga tagasunod niya, “Saan po tayo kukuha ng sapat na pagkain dito sa ilang para sa ganito karaming tao?” 34 Tinanong sila ni Jesus, “Ilan ang tinapay ninyo riyan?” Sinabi nila, “Pito po, at ilang maliliit na isda.” 35 Pinaupo ni Jesus ang mga tao. 36 Kinuha niya ang pitong tinapay at ang mga isda at nagpasalamat sa Dios. Pagkatapos, hinati-hati niya ang pagkain at ibinigay sa mga tagasunod niya, at ipinamigay naman nila ito sa mga tao. 37 Kumain silang lahat at nabusog. Pagkatapos, tinipon nila ang mga natirang pagkain at nakapuno sila ng pitong basket. 38 Ang bilang ng mga lalaking kumain ay mga 4,000 maliban pa sa mga babae at mga bata.
39 Matapos pauwiin ni Jesus ang mga tao, sumakay siya sa bangka at pumunta sa lupain ng Magadan.
Matthew 15
New King James Version
Defilement Comes from Within(A)
15 Then (B)the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2 (C)“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, (D)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (E)‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, (F)“Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father [a]or mother.’ Thus you have made the [b]commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 (G)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These(H) people [c]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
(I)Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 (J)When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 (K)Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, (L)“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. (M)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 (N)Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, (O)“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that (P)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But (Q)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 (R)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
A Gentile Shows Her Faith(S)
21 (T)Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, (U)Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
23 But He answered her not a word.
And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”
24 But He answered and said, (V)“I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little (W)dogs.”
27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, (X)great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Jesus Heals Great Multitudes(Y)
29 (Z)Jesus departed from there, (AA)skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 (AB)Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, [d]maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ (AC)feet, and He healed them. 31 So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the [e]maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they (AD)glorified the God of Israel.
Feeding the Four Thousand(AE)
32 (AF)Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued 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 (AG)Then His disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?”
34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”
And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
35 So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And (AH)He took the seven loaves and the fish and (AI)gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. 37 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. 38 Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 (AJ)And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of [f]Magdala.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:6 NU omits or mother
- Matthew 15:6 NU word
- Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And
- Matthew 15:30 crippled
- Matthew 15:31 crippled
- Matthew 15:39 NU Magadan
Matthew 15
New Testament for Everyone
Discussions of clean and unclean
15 At that time some Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus. They had a question for him.
2 “Why,” they said, “do your disciples go against the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands when they eat their food!”
3 “Why,” Jesus replied, “do you go against the command of God because of your tradition? 4 What God said was ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘If anyone speaks evil of father or mother, they must certainly die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone says to father or mother, “What you might have gained from me is given to God,” 6 they don’t need to honor their father anymore.’ As a result, you make God’s word null and void because of your tradition.
7 “You play-actors! Isaiah had the right words for you in his prophecy:
8 This people gives me honor with their lips,
their heart, however, holds me at arm’s length.
9 The worship which they offer me is vain,
because they teach, as law, mere human precepts.”
The parable of clean and unclean
10 Then Jesus called the crowd, and said to them, “Listen and understand. 11 What makes someone unclean isn’t what goes into the mouth. It’s what comes out of the mouth that makes someone unclean.”
12 Then the disciples came to Jesus.
“Do you know,” they said, “that the Pharisees were horrified when they heard what you said?”
13 “Every plant that my heavenly father hasn’t planted,” replied Jesus, “will be plucked up by the roots. 14 Let them be. They are blind guides. But if one blind person guides another, both of them will fall into a pit.”
15 Peter spoke up. “Explain the riddle to us,” he said.
16 “Are you still slow on the uptake as well?” replied Jesus. 17 “Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth travels on into the stomach and goes out into the drain? 18 But what comes out of the mouth begins in the heart, and that’s what makes someone unclean. 19 Out of the heart, you see, come evil plots, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, and blasphemy. 20 These are the things that make someone unclean. But eating with unwashed hands doesn’t make a person unclean.”
The Canaanite woman
21 Jesus left that place and went off to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from those parts came out and shouted, “Have pity on me, Lord, son of David! My daughter is demon-possessed! She’s in a bad way!” 23 Jesus, however, said nothing at all to her.
His disciples came up.
“Please send her away,” they asked. “She’s shouting after us.”
24 “I was only sent,” replied Jesus, “to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 The woman, however, came and threw herself down at his feet.
“Master,” she said, “please help me!”
26 “It isn’t right,” replied Jesus, “to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
27 “I know, Master,” she said. “But even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from their master’s table.”
28 “You’ve got great faith, haven’t you, my friend!” replied Jesus. “All right; let it be as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that moment.
The feeding of the four thousand
29 Jesus went away from there, and arrived beside the sea of Galilee. He went up the mountain and sat down. 30 Large crowds came to him, with their lame, blind, crippled, mute and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them. 31 When the crowd saw the mute speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, they were astonished, and they gave praise to the God of Israel.
32 Jesus called his disciples, and said, “I am really sorry for the crowd. They’ve been around me now for three days and they haven’t got anything to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry; they might faint on the way home.”
33 The disciples said to him, “Where could we get enough bread to feed a crowd this size, out here in the country?”
34 “How many loaves have you got?” asked Jesus.
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few fish.”
35 Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 They all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up seven baskets full of what was left of the broken pieces. 38 There were four thousand men who had eaten, besides the women and children.
39 Jesus sent the crowds away. Then he got into the boat and went over to the Magadan coast.
Matthew 15
King James Version
15 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
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