Matthew 15
Complete Jewish Bible
15 Then some P’rushim and Torah-teachers from Yerushalayim came to Yeshua and asked him, 2 “Why is it that your talmidim break the Tradition of the Elders? They don’t do n’tilat-yadayim before they eat!” 3 He answered, “Indeed, why do you break the command of God by your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[a] and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’[b] 5 But you say, ‘If anyone says to his father or mother, “I have promised to give to God what I might have used to help you,” 6 then he is rid of his duty to honor his father or mother.’ Thus by your tradition you make null and void the word of God! 7 You hypocrites! Yesha‘yahu was right when he prophesied about you,
8 ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far away from me.
9 Their worship of me is useless,
because they teach man-made rules as if they were doctrines.’”[c]
10 Then he called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand this! 11 What makes a person unclean is not what goes into his mouth; rather, what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him unclean!”
12 The talmidim came to him and said, “Do you know that the P’rushim were offended by what you said?” 13 He replied, “Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Let them be. They are blind guides. When a blind man guides another blind man, both will fall in a pit.”
15 Kefa said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 So he said, “Don’t you understand even now? 17 Don’t you see that anything that enters the mouth goes into the stomach and passes out into the latrine? 18 But what comes out of your mouth is actually coming from your heart, and that is what makes a person unclean. 19 For out of the heart come forth wicked thoughts, murder, adultery and other kinds of sexual immorality, theft, lies, slanders. . . . 20 These are what really make a person unclean, but eating without doing n’tilat-yadayim does not make a person unclean.”
21 Yeshua left that place and went off to the region of Tzor and Tzidon. 22 A woman from Kena‘an who was living there came to him, pleading, “Sir, have pity on me. Son of David! My daughter is cruelly held under the power of demons!” 23 But Yeshua did not say a word to her. Then his talmidim came to him and urged him, “Send her away, because she is following us and keeps pestering us with her crying.” 24 He said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Isra’el.” 25 But she came, fell at his feet and said, “Sir, help me!” 26 He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s food and toss it to their pet dogs.” 27 She said, “That is true, sir, but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their master’s table.” 28 Then Yeshua answered her, “Lady, you are a person of great trust. Let your desire be granted.” And her daughter was healed at that very moment.
29 Yeshua left there and went along the shore of Lake Kinneret. He climbed a hill and sat down; 30 and large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them. 31 The people were amazed as they saw mute people speaking, crippled people cured, lame people walking and blind people seeing; and they said a b’rakhah to the God of Isra’el.
32 Yeshua called his talmidim to him and said, “I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me three days, and now they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, because they might collapse on the way home.” 33 The talmidim said to him, “Where will we find enough loaves of bread in this remote place to satisfy so big a crowd?” 34 Yeshua asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few fish.” 35 After telling the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, made a b’rakhah, broke the loaves and gave them to the talmidim, who gave them to the people. 37 Everyone ate his fill, and they took seven large baskets full of the leftover pieces. 38 Those eating numbered four thousand men, plus women and children. 39 After sending the crowd away, he got in the boat and went off to the region of Magadan.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
- Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
Mateo 15
La Biblia de las Américas
Discusión con algunos escribas y fariseos
15 (A)Entonces se acercaron* a Jesús algunos escribas y fariseos(B) de Jerusalén, diciendo: 2 ¿Por qué tus discípulos quebrantan la tradición de los ancianos? Pues no se lavan las manos cuando comen pan(C). 3 Y respondiendo Él, les dijo: ¿Por qué también vosotros quebrantáis el mandamiento de Dios a causa de vuestra tradición? 4 Porque Dios dijo: «Honra a tu padre y a tu madre(D)», y: «Quien hable mal de su padre o de su madre, que muera[a](E)». 5 Pero vosotros decís: «Cualquiera que diga a su padre o a su madre: “Es ofrenda a Dios todo lo mío con que pudieras ser ayudado”, 6 no necesitará más honrar[b] a su padre o a su madre[c]». Y así invalidasteis la palabra[d] de Dios por causa de vuestra tradición. 7 ¡Hipócritas! Bien profetizó Isaías de vosotros cuando dijo:
8 «Este pueblo con los labios me honra,
pero su corazón está muy lejos de mí(F).
9 Mas en vano me rinden culto,
enseñando como doctrinas preceptos de hombres(G)».
Lo que contamina al hombre
10 Y llamando junto a sí a la multitud, les dijo: Oíd y entended: 11 no es lo que entra en la boca lo que contamina al hombre; sino lo que sale de la boca, eso es lo que contamina(H) al hombre. 12 Entonces, acercándose los discípulos, le dijeron*: ¿Sabes que los fariseos se escandalizaron[e] cuando oyeron tus palabras[f]? 13 Pero Él contestó y dijo: Toda planta que mi Padre celestial no haya plantado, será desarraigada(I). 14 Dejadlos; son ciegos guías de ciegos[g](J). Y si un ciego guía a otro ciego, ambos caerán en el hoyo(K). 15 Respondiendo Pedro, le dijo: Explícanos la parábola(L). 16 Y Él dijo: ¿También vosotros estáis aún faltos de entendimiento? 17 ¿No entendéis que todo lo que entra en la boca va al estómago[h] y luego se elimina[i]? 18 Pero lo que sale de la boca proviene del corazón(M), y eso es lo que contamina al hombre. 19 Porque del corazón provienen malos pensamientos, homicidios, adulterios, fornicaciones, robos, falsos testimonios y calumnias(N). 20 Estas cosas son las que contaminan al hombre; pero comer sin lavarse las manos no contamina al hombre.
Jesús sana a la hija de una cananea
21 (O)Saliendo Jesús de allí, se retiró a la región de Tiro y de Sidón(P). 22 Y he aquí, una mujer cananea que había salido de aquella comarca, comenzó a gritar, diciendo: Señor, Hijo de David(Q), ten misericordia de mí; mi hija está terriblemente endemoniada(R). 23 Pero Él no le respondió palabra. Y acercándose sus discípulos, le rogaban, diciendo: Atiéndela[j], pues viene gritando tras nosotros. 24 Y respondiendo Él, dijo: No he sido enviado sino a las ovejas perdidas de la casa de Israel(S). 25 Pero acercándose ella, se postró[k] ante Él(T), diciendo: ¡Señor, socórreme! 26 Y Él respondió y dijo: No está bien tomar el pan de los hijos, y echárselo a los perrillos. 27 Pero ella dijo: Sí, Señor; pero[l] también los perrillos comen de las migajas que caen de la mesa de sus amos. 28 Entonces, respondiendo Jesús, le dijo: Oh mujer, grande es tu fe(U); que te suceda como deseas. Y su hija quedó sana desde aquel momento[m].
Jesús sana a muchos junto al mar de Galilea
29 (V)Y pasando Jesús de allí, vino junto al mar de Galilea(W), y subiendo al monte, se sentó allí. 30 Y vinieron a Él grandes multitudes trayendo consigo cojos, lisiados, ciegos, mudos y muchos otros enfermos y los pusieron a sus pies y Él los sanó(X); 31 de modo que la muchedumbre se maravilló al ver que los mudos hablaban, los lisiados quedaban restaurados[n], los cojos caminaban y los ciegos veían; y glorificaron al Dios de Israel(Y).
Alimentación de los cuatro mil
32 (Z)Entonces Jesús, llamando junto a sí a sus discípulos, les dijo: Tengo compasión de la multitud(AA), porque hace ya tres días que están conmigo y no tienen qué comer; y no quiero despedirlos sin comer, no sea que desfallezcan en el camino. 33 Y los discípulos le dijeron*: ¿Dónde conseguiríamos nosotros en el desierto tantos panes para saciar a una multitud tan grande? 34 Jesús entonces les dijo*: ¿Cuántos panes tenéis? Y ellos respondieron: Siete, y unos pocos pececillos. 35 Y Él mandó a la multitud que se recostara en el suelo; 36 y tomó los siete panes y los peces; y después de dar gracias(AB), los partió y empezó a darlos a los discípulos, y los discípulos a las multitudes. 37 Y comieron todos y se saciaron; y recogieron de lo que sobró de los pedazos, siete canastas llenas(AC). 38 Los que comieron fueron cuatro mil hombres, sin contar las mujeres y los niños. 39 Y después de despedir a la muchedumbre, subió a la barca(AD) y fue a la región de Magadán[o](AE).
Footnotes
- Mateo 15:4 Lit., muera a muerte
- Mateo 15:6 I.e., en el sentido de socorrer
- Mateo 15:6 Algunos mss. antiguos no incluyen: o a su madre
- Mateo 15:6 Algunos mss. antiguos dicen: la ley
- Mateo 15:12 O, fueron ofendidos
- Mateo 15:12 Lit., la palabra
- Mateo 15:14 Varios mss. antiguos no incluyen: de ciegos
- Mateo 15:17 Lit., vientre
- Mateo 15:17 Lit., se echa en la letrina
- Mateo 15:23 Lit., Despídela
- Mateo 15:25 O, adoró
- Mateo 15:27 Lit., porque
- Mateo 15:28 Lit., desde aquella hora
- Mateo 15:31 O, sanos
- Mateo 15:39 Algunos mss. posteriores dicen: Magdala
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.
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
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