Matthew 15:29-16:12

Tree of Life Version

²⁹ After Yeshua left there, He went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountainside and was sitting there. ³⁰ And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them the lame, blind, disabled, mute, and many others. And they laid them at His feet, and He healed them. ³¹ So the crowd marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the disabled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing.^[a] And they praised the God of Israel.

Feeding More Hungry Followers

³² Yeshua called His disciples and said, “I have compassion for the crowd, because they’ve stayed with Me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, because they might pass out on the way.”

³³ The disciples said to Him, “Where in this wasteland is enough bread to satisfy such a large crowd?”

³⁴ Yeshua said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”

“Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”

³⁵ After directing the crowd to recline on the ground, ³⁶ He took the seven loaves and the fish; and after giving thanks, He broke them. And He began giving them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds. ³⁷ And they all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up the broken pieces left over—seven baskets full. ³⁸ And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And after sending away the crowds, Yeshua got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

Religious Leaders Demand Signs

16 Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Yeshua, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. ² But He replied to them, “When evening comes, you say, ‘Fair weather coming, for the sky is red,’ ³ and in the morning, ‘Stormy weather today, for the sky is red and gloomy.’ You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times! ⁴ An evil and adulterous generation clamors for a sign, yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.”^[b] And leaving them behind, He went away.

⁵ Now when the disciples came to the other side of the sea, they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶ “Watch out,” Yeshua said to them, “and beware of the hametz of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

⁷ And they began to discuss among themselves, saying, “We didn’t bring any bread.”

⁸ But knowing this, Yeshua said, “O you of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? ⁹ You still don’t get it? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets of leftovers you gathered? ¹⁰ Or how about the seven loaves for the four thousand and all the baskets of leftovers you gathered? ¹¹ How is it that you don’t understand that I wasn’t talking to you about bread? Now beware of the hametz of the Pharisees and Sadducees!” ¹² Then they understood that He wasn’t talking about the hametz in the bread, but about the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.