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Matthew 15
New American Standard Bible
Matthew 15
New American Standard Bible
Tradition and Commandment
15 (A)Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus (B)from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they (C)do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” 3 And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves also break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘(D)Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘(E)The one who speaks evil of father or mother is to [a]be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been [b]given to God,” 6 he is not to [c]honor his father or mother.’ And by this you have invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you, by saying:
8 ‘(F)This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
9 And in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as (G)doctrines the commandments of men.’”
10 After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand! 11 (H)It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.”
12 Then the disciples came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were [d]offended when they heard this statement?” 13 But He answered and said, “(I)Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. 14 Leave them alone; (J)they are blind guides [e]of blind people. And (K)if a person who is blind guides another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
The Heart of Man
15 Peter [f]said to Him, “(L)Explain the parable to us.” 16 [g]Jesus said, “Are you also still lacking in understanding? 17 Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is [h]eliminated? 18 But (M)the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person. 19 (N)For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and [i]slanderous statements. 20 These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21 (O)Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the region of (P)Tyre and (Q)Sidon. 22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, (R)Son of David; my daughter is severely (S)demon-possessed.” 23 But He did not answer her with even a word. And His disciples came up and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting [j]at us!” 24 But He answered and said, “I was sent only to (T)the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and (U)began [k]to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” 26 Yet He answered and said, “It is not [l]good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27 And she said, “Yes, Lord; but please help, for even the dogs feed on the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, (V)your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed [m]at once.
Healing Crowds
29 (W)Departing from there, Jesus went along (X)the Sea of Galilee, and after going up on the mountain, He was sitting there. 30 And [n]large crowds came to Him bringing with them those who were limping, had impaired limbs, were blind, or were unable to speak, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and (Y)He healed them. 31 So the crowd was astonished as they saw those who were unable to speak talking, those with impaired limbs [o]restored, those who were limping walking around, and those who were blind seeing; and they (Z)glorified the God of Israel.
Four Thousand Men Fed
32 (AA)Now Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “(AB)I feel compassion for the [p]people, because they [q]have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.” 33 The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” 34 And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 And He directed the [r]people to [s]sit down on the ground; 36 and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and after (AC)giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large (AD)baskets full. 38 And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into (AE)the boat and came to the region of (AF)Magadan.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:4 Lit die the death
- Matthew 15:5 Lit a gift; i.e., an offering
- Matthew 15:6 I.e., by supporting them with it
- Matthew 15:12 Lit caused to stumble
- Matthew 15:14 Later mss add of blind people
- Matthew 15:15 Lit answering, said
- Matthew 15:16 Lit and He
- Matthew 15:17 Lit thrown out into the latrine
- Matthew 15:19 Or abusive speech
- Matthew 15:23 Lit behind us
- Matthew 15:25 Or worshiped
- Matthew 15:26 Or proper
- Matthew 15:28 Lit from that hour
- Matthew 15:30 Lit many
- Matthew 15:31 Or healthy
- Matthew 15:32 Lit crowd
- Matthew 15:32 Lit are remaining
- Matthew 15:35 Lit crowd
- Matthew 15:35 Lit recline
הבשורה על-פי מתי 15
Habrit Hakhadasha/Haderekh
הבשורה על-פי מתי 15
Habrit Hakhadasha/Haderekh
טו יום אחד הגיעו מירושלים מספר פרושים וסופרים כדי לחקור את ישוע.
2 "מדוע תלמידיך אינם מקיימים את המסורת היהודית העתיקה?" דרשו לדעת. "מדוע תלמידיך אינם נוטלים את ידיהם לפני האוכל?"
3 השיב להם ישוע: "ומדוע עוברת המסורת שלכם על מצוותיו של אלוהים? 4 למשל, כתוב בתורה[a]: 'כבד את אביך ואת אמך... ומקלל אביו ואמו מות יומת!'
8 'ניגש העם הזה בפיו,
ובשפתיו כבדוני ולבו רחק ממני;
9 ותהי יראתם אתי מצות אנשים מלמדה.'"
10 ישוע קרא לעם ואמר: "הקשיבו לדבריי והשתדלו להבינם: 11 מה שמטמא את האדם זה לא מה שנכנס לפה אלא מה שיוצא מהפה- זה מטמא את האדם!"
12 תלמידיו באו אליו ואמרו: "בדבריך אלה העלבת את הפרושים!"
13 ישוע השיב להם: "כל צמח שלא נשתל על-ידי אבי – ייעקר. 14 התעלמו מהם; הפרושים אינם אלא מורי-דרך עיוורים המדריכים עיוורים אחרים, ובסופו של דבר יפלו כולם יחד לתוך הבור!"
15 שמעון פטרוס ביקש מישוע שיסביר למה התכוון באמרו שאנשים מטמאים את עצמם ממה שיוצא מן הפה.
16 "האם אינך מבין?" שאל אותו ישוע. 17 "האם אינך רואה שכל מה שאתה אוכל עובר דרך מערכת העיכול ויוצא שוב החוצה? 18 אולם מילים רעות יוצאות מתוך לב רע ומטמאות את האומר אותן. 19 כי מתוך הלב יוצאות מחשבות רעות, מעשי רצח, ניאוף, זנות, גניבה, שקר ורכילות. 20 דברים אלה הם המטמאים את האדם. אכילה ללא נטילת ידיים אינה מטמאת את האדם."
21 ישוע עזב את האזור ההוא והלך אל אזור צור וצידון.
22 אישה כנענית שגרה שם באה אל ישוע והתחננה: "אדוני, בן-דוד, רחם עלי! שד אחז בבתי והוא מענה אותה ללא הרף." 23 אולם ישוע לא ענה לה – אף לא מילה אחת. תלמידיו ביקשו ממנו לגרש אותה: "אמור לה ללכת מכאן, כי היא מציקה לנו כל היום בתחינותיה."
24 "נשלחתי אל צאן האובדות של בית ישראל בלבד", אמר ישוע לאישה. 25 אולם האישה נפלה לרגליו ושוב ביקשה: "אדוני, עזור לי!"
26 "אין זה צודק לקחת את לחמם של הילדים ולהשליכו לכלבים," ענה לה ישוע.
27 "נכון, אדוני," השיבה האישה, "אבל לכלבים מותר לאכול את הפירורים שנופלים מעל השולחן."
28 "אישה," אמר לה ישוע, "יש בך אמונה רבה, ולכן תתמלא בקשתך." באותו רגע בתה נרפאה.
29 ישוע חזר לכינרת, עלה על גבעה והתיישב שם. 30 ההמונים הביאו אליו פיסחים, עיוורים, בעלי-מום, אילמים וחולים אחרים, הניחו אותם לפניו, והוא ריפא את כולם. 31 כאשר העם ראה את האילמים מפטפטים בהתרגשות, קטועי האיברים מקבלים איברים חדשים, נכים קופצים ורוקדים והעיוורים מביטים סביבם, נדהמו ושבחו את אלוהי ישראל.
32 לאחר מכן קרא ישוע לתלמידיו ואמר: "אני מרחם על אנשים אלה; הם נמצאים אתי כאן שלושה ימים, ולא נשאר להם מה לאכול. אינני רוצה לשלוח אותם רעבים, כי הם עלולים להתעלף בדרך."
33 "מאין נשיג במדבר הזה מספיק אוכל לכל ההמון?" שאלו התלמידים.
34 "כמה ככרות לחם נותרו לכם?" שאל אותם ישוע. "שבע," ענו, "וכמה דגים קטנים."
35 ישוע ציווה על העם לשבת על הארץ, 36 לקח את שבע ככרות הלחם ואת הדגים, הודה לאלוהים עליהם, חילק אותם למנות ונתן לתלמידים, כדי שיגישו ליושבים.
39 לאחר מכן שלח ישוע את האנשים לביתם, והוא עצמו עלה לסירה ושט למגדל.
Footnotes
- הבשורה על-פי מתי 15:4 שמות כ 12, כא 17
- הבשורה על-פי מתי 15:7 ישעיהו כט 13
Matthew 15
New International Version
Matthew 15
New International Version
That Which Defiles(A)
15 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”(B)
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[a](C) and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b](D) 5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8 “‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.(E)’[c](F)”
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them,(G) but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”(H)
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted(I) will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[d](J) If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”(K)
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”(L)
16 “Are you still so dull?”(M) Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(N) and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(O) 20 These are what defile a person;(P) but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman(Q)
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.(R) 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David,(S) have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”(T)
23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”(U)
25 The woman came and knelt before him.(V) “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith!(W) Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand(X)(Y)(Z)
29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. 30 Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.(AA) 31 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.(AB)
32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people;(AC) they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
33 His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
34 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
35 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them(AD) and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. 37 They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.(AE) 38 The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9
- Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
- Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts blind guides of the blind
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