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Matthew 15
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 15
Contemporary English Version
The Teaching of the Ancestors
(Mark 7.1-13)
15 About this time some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses came from Jerusalem. They asked Jesus, 2 “Why don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? They don't even wash their hands[a] before they eat.”
3 Jesus answered:
Why do you disobey God and follow your own teaching? 4 (A) Didn't God command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents? 5 But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they have has been offered to God.[b] 6 Is this any way to show respect to your parents? You ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching. 7 And you are nothing but show-offs! Isaiah the prophet was right when he wrote that God had said,
8 (B) “All of you praise me
with your words,
but you never really
think about me.
9 It is useless for you
to worship me,
when you teach rules
made up by humans.”
What Really Makes People Unclean
(Mark 7.14-23)
10 Jesus called the crowd together and said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean. 11 The food you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”
12 Then his disciples came over to him and asked, “Do you know you insulted the Pharisees by what you said?”
13 Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots. 14 (C) Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”
15 Peter replied, “What did you mean when you talked about the things that make people unclean?”
16 Jesus then said:
Don't any of you know by now what I am talking about? 17 Don't you know that the food you put into your mouth goes into your stomach and then out of your body? 18 (D) But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God. 19 Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others. 20 These are what make you unclean. Eating without washing your hands will not make you unfit to worship God.
A Woman's Faith
(Mark 7.24-30)
21 Jesus left and went to the territory near the towns of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Suddenly a Canaanite woman[c] from there came out shouting, “Lord and Son of David,[d] have pity on me! My daughter is full of demons.” 23 Jesus did not say a word. But the woman kept following along and shouting, so his disciples came up and asked him to send her away.
24 Jesus said, “I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep.”
25 The woman came closer. Then she knelt down and begged, “Please help me, Lord!”
26 Jesus replied, “It isn't right to take food away from children and feed it to dogs.”[e]
27 “Lord, this is true,” the woman said, “but even puppies get the crumbs that fall from their owner's table.”
28 Jesus answered, “Dear woman, you really do have a lot of faith, and you will be given what you want.” At that moment her daughter was healed.
Jesus Heals Many People
29 From there, Jesus went along Lake Galilee. Then he climbed a hill and sat down. 30 Large crowds came and brought many people who were paralyzed or blind or lame or unable to talk. They placed them, and many others, in front of Jesus, and he healed them all. 31 Everyone was amazed at what they saw and heard. People who had never spoken could now speak. The lame were healed, the paralyzed could walk, and the blind were able to see. Everyone was praising the God of Israel.
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
(Mark 8.1-10)
32 Jesus called his disciples together and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry. They might faint on their way home.”
33 His disciples said, “This place is like a desert. Where can we find enough food to feed such a crowd?”
34 Jesus asked them how much food they had. They replied, “Seven small loaves of bread[f] and a few little fish.”
35 After Jesus had told the people to sit down, 36 he took the seven loaves of bread and the fish and gave thanks. He then broke them and handed them to his disciples, who passed them around to the crowds.
37 Everyone ate all they wanted, and the leftovers filled seven large baskets.
38 There were 4,000 men who ate, not counting the women and children.
39 After Jesus had sent the crowds away, he got into a boat and sailed across the lake. He came to shore near the town of Magadan.[g]
Footnotes
- 15.2 wash their hands: The Jewish people had strict laws about washing their hands before eating, especially if they had been out in public.
- 15.5 has been offered to God: According to Jewish custom, when people said something was offered to God, it belonged to him and could not be used for anyone else, not even for their own parents.
- 15.22 Canaanite woman: This woman was not Jewish.
- 15.22 Son of David: See the note at 9.27.
- 15.26 feed it to dogs: Some Jewish people referred to Gentiles as dogs.
- 15.34 small loaves of bread: See the note at 14.17.
- 15.39 Magadan: The location is unknown.
Matteuksen 15
Raamattu 1933/38
Matteuksen 15
Raamattu 1933/38
15 Silloin tuli fariseuksia ja kirjanoppineita Jerusalemista Jeesuksen luo, ja he sanoivat:
2 "Miksi sinun opetuslapsesi rikkovat vanhinten perinnäissääntöä? Sillä he eivät pese käsiään ruvetessaan aterialle."
3 Mutta hän vastasi ja sanoi heille: "Miksi te itse rikotte Jumalan käskyn perinnäissääntönne tähden?
4 Sillä Jumala on sanonut: 'Kunnioita isääsi ja äitiäsi', ja: 'Joka kiroaa isäänsä tai äitiänsä, sen pitää kuolemalla kuoleman'.
5 Mutta te sanotte: Joka sanoo isälleen tai äidilleen: 'Se, minkä sinä olisit ollut minulta saapa, on annettu uhrilahjaksi', sen ei tarvitse kunnioittaa isäänsä eikä äitiänsä.
6 Ja niin te olette tehneet Jumalan sanan tyhjäksi perinnäissääntönne tähden.
7 Te ulkokullatut, oikein teistä Esaias ennusti, sanoen:
8 'Tämä kansa kunnioittaa minua huulillaan, mutta heidän sydämensä on minusta kaukana,
9 mutta turhaan he palvelevat minua opettaen oppeja, jotka ovat ihmiskäskyjä'."
10 Ja hän kutsui kansan tykönsä ja sanoi heille: "Kuulkaa ja ymmärtäkää.
11 Ei saastuta ihmistä se, mikä menee suusta sisään; vaan mikä suusta käy ulos, se saastuttaa ihmisen."
12 Silloin opetuslapset tulivat ja sanoivat hänelle: "Tiedätkö, että fariseukset loukkaantuivat kuullessaan tuon puheen?"
13 Mutta hän vastasi ja sanoi: "Jokainen istutus, jota minun taivaallinen Isäni ei ole istuttanut, on juurineen revittävä pois.
14 Älkää heistä välittäkö: he ovat sokeita sokeain taluttajia; mutta jos sokea sokeaa taluttaa, niin he molemmat kuoppaan lankeavat."
15 Niin Pietari vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Selitä meille tämä vertaus".
16 Mutta Jeesus sanoi: "Vieläkö tekin olette ymmärtämättömiä?
17 Ettekö käsitä, että kaikki, mikä käy suusta sisään, menee vatsaan ja ulostuu?
18 Mutta mikä käy suusta ulos, se tulee sydämestä, ja se saastuttaa ihmisen.
19 Sillä sydämestä lähtevät pahat ajatukset, murhat, aviorikokset, haureudet, varkaudet, väärät todistukset, jumalanpilkkaamiset.
20 Nämä ihmisen saastuttavat; mutta pesemättömin käsin syöminen ei saastuta ihmistä."
21 Ja Jeesus lähti sieltä ja vetäytyi Tyyron ja Siidonin tienoille.
22 Ja katso, kanaanilainen vaimo tuli niiltä seuduilta ja huusi sanoen: "Herra, Daavidin poika, armahda minua. Riivaaja vaivaa kauheasti minun tytärtäni."
23 Mutta hän ei vastannut hänelle sanaakaan. Niin hänen opetuslapsensa tulivat ja rukoilivat häntä sanoen: "Päästä hänet menemään, sillä hän huutaa meidän jälkeemme".
24 Hän vastasi ja sanoi: "Minua ei ole lähetetty muitten kuin Israelin huoneen kadonneitten lammasten tykö".
25 Mutta vaimo tuli ja kumarsi häntä ja sanoi: "Herra, auta minua".
26 Mutta hän vastasi ja sanoi: "Ei ole soveliasta ottaa lasten leipää ja heittää penikoille".
27 Mutta vaimo sanoi: "Niin, Herra; mutta syöväthän penikatkin niitä muruja, jotka heidän herrainsa pöydältä putoavat".
28 Silloin Jeesus vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Oi vaimo, suuri on sinun uskosi, tapahtukoon sinulle, niinkuin tahdot". Ja hänen tyttärensä oli siitä hetkestä terve.
29 Ja Jeesus lähti sieltä ja tuli Galilean järven rannalle; ja hän nousi vuorelle ja istui sinne.
30 Ja hänen tykönsä tuli paljon kansaa, ja he toivat mukanaan rampoja, raajarikkoja, sokeita, mykkiä ja paljon muita, ja laskivat heidät hänen jalkojensa juureen; ja hän paransi heidät,
31 niin että kansa ihmetteli nähdessään mykkäin puhuvan, raajarikkojen olevan terveitä, rampojen kävelevän ja sokeain näkevän; ja he ylistivät Israelin Jumalaa.
32 Ja Jeesus kutsui opetuslapsensa tykönsä ja sanoi: "Minun käy sääliksi kansaa, sillä he ovat jo kolme päivää olleet minun tykönäni, eikä heillä ole mitään syötävää; enkä minä tahdo laskea heitä syömättä menemään, etteivät nääntyisi matkalla".
33 Niin opetuslapset sanoivat hänelle: "Mistä me saamme täällä erämaassa niin paljon leipää, että voimme ravita noin suuren kansanjoukon?"
34 Jeesus sanoi heille: "Montako leipää teillä on?" He sanoivat: "Seitsemän, ja muutamia kalasia".
35 Niin hän käski kansan asettua maahan.
36 Ja hän otti ne seitsemän leipää ja kalat, kiitti, mursi ja antoi opetuslapsillensa, ja opetuslapset antoivat kansalle.
37 Ja kaikki söivät ja tulivat ravituiksi. Sitten he keräsivät jääneet palaset, seitsemän täyttä vasullista.
38 Ja niitä, jotka aterioivat, oli neljätuhatta miestä, paitsi naisia ja lapsia.
39 Ja laskettuaan kansan tyköänsä hän astui venheeseen ja meni Magadanin alueelle.
Matthew 15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Matthew 15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Tradition of the Elders
15 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God,[a] he need not honor his father.’[b] 6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word[c] of God. 7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’”
Things That Defile
10 And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” 15 But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?[d] 18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
The Canaanite Woman’s Faith
21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”[e] 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
Jesus Cures Many People
29 And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up into the hills, and sat down there. 30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the dumb, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31 so that the throng wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
Feeding the Four Thousand
32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” 33 And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?” 34 And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves have you?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Mag′adan.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:5 Or an offering
- 15.5 By dedicating his property to God, i.e., to the temple, a man could avoid having to help his parents, without actually giving up what he had. The scribes held such a vow to be valid without necessarily approving it.
- Matthew 15:6 Other ancient authorities read law
- Matthew 15:17 Or is evacuated
- 15.24 See note on Mt 10.5.
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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