Matthew 15
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1Then the Torah-teachers (Scribes) and the P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] came to Yeshua [God is Salvation] and said to him:
2‘Why do your disciples transgress the ordinances of antiquity by not washing their hands before eating?’
3Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to them: “Why do you transgress the words of The Most High because of your ordinances?”
4For The Mighty One said: “Honour your father and your mother and he who curses his father and mother will surely be put to death”
5“But you say that ‘whoever says to his father and his mother; in regard to any donation he might give; ‘Whatever I have that would help you has been given to Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God],’”
6“So he does not honour his father and his mother, and you despise the words of The Mighty One because of your ordinances”.
7“Woe, hypocrites, behold Yesha’yahu [the salvation of our God] prophesied concerning you and said:
8“Thus Yehovah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] said: Because this people has come near with their mouth and has honored Me with their lips, but their heart is far from me”
9“And their reverence towards Me, which is taught, is the commandments of men”.
10Yeshua [God is Salvation] called to the crowds and said to them: “Hear and consider.”
11“That which enters through the mouth does not soil the man, but that which goes out of the mouth soils the man”
12Then his disciples came to him and said to him: ‘Know that the P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] were perplexed by this word’.
13Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered them: “Every plant which my Father Who is in heaven did not plant will be uprooted and destroyed”.
14“Leave them alone because the blind are leading the blind, and if a blind man leads another who is blind, they will both fall into a pit”.
15Kefa [pebble] answered him: “My Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth] explain this riddle to us”
16Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered them: “Are you still without knowledge?”
17“Do you not understand that everything that enters through the mouth goes into the belly and all of it goes on to the natural place?”
18“But that which goes out through the mouth is moved by the heart; this is what soils the man.”
19“Because the defiled heart brings forth deceitfulness, murder, adulteries, robberies, the witness of liars and curses”.
20“All these things are what soil the man. Indeed eating without washing the hands does not soil the man”.
21After Yeshua [God is Salvation] had said this, he went into the regions of Tzor [rock] and Tzidon [hunting]
22Then there came to him a certain Kenani [merchant] woman, who came from the lands of the East, crying out to him: ‘My lord, son of David [Beloved], have mercy on me because my daughter is possessed by demons’.
23Yeshua [God is Salvation] did not answer her a word. So his disciples approached him and said to him: ‘Our Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth], why do you abandon this woman who is crying after us?’
24Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered them: “I was not sent except to the lost sheep from the house of Y’sra’el [he who holds onto the heal of God]”.
25Then the woman did homage to him and said: ‘My Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth] help me’.
26Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to her: “It is not good that a man should take the bread from his children and give it to the dogs”.
27The woman answered: ‘Often the dogs eat the pieces of bread that fall from the table of their master’.
28Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered her: “Woman, great is your faith, let it be done to you as you asked”. So from that time on, her daughter was healed.
29When Yeshua [God is Salvation] moved on from there, he went into the region across Galil [circuit] to a mountain. As he stood there
30he saw many people among whom were many lame, leprous, those who limped, and many others; they fell at his feet and he healed them.
31The people were amazed at how the dumb were speaking and the lame were walking and the blind were seeing; all of them were praising The Most High.
32Then Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to his disciples: “I have compassion on them because they have remained with me these two days since they came across and they have nothing to eat. I do not want to leave them fasting lest they grow give up in the way”.
33His disciples answered him: ‘Where will we be able to find bread in this wilderness to satisfy the people?’
34Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered and said to them: “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They answered: ‘Seven and a few fish’.
35So Yeshua [God is Salvation] commanded the people to sit upon the grass.
36He took the seven loaves and the fish and broke them and gave them to his disciples and they gave to the people.
37All of them ate and were satisfied and from that which was remaining they filled seven baskets.
38Those who were eating were by number, four thousand men besides women and children.
39After this Yeshua [God is Salvation] entered a boat and came to the land of Magadan [tower].
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Matthew 15
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The teaching of the ancestors
(Mark 7.1-13)
1About 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#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. before they eat.”
3Jesus answered:
Why do you disobey God and follow your own teaching? 4Didn't God command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents?#Ex 20.12; Dt 5.16; Ex 21.17; Lv 20.9. 5But 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.#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. 6Is this any way to show respect to your parents? You ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching. 7And you are nothing but show-offs! Isaiah the prophet was right when he wrote that God had said,
8“All of you praise me#Is 29.13 (LXX).
with your words,
but you never really
think about me.
9It is useless for you
to worship me,
when you teach rules
made up by humans.”
What really makes people unclean
(Mark 7.14-23)
10Jesus called the crowd together and said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean. 11The food that 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.”
12Then his disciples came over to him and asked, “Do you know that you insulted the Pharisees by what you said?”
13Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots. 14Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”#Lk 6.39.
15Peter replied, “What did you mean when you talked about the things that make people unclean?”
16Jesus then said:
Don't any of you know what I am talking about by now? 17Don't you know that the food you put into your mouth goes into your stomach and then out of your body? 18But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God.#Mt 12.34. 19Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others. 20These 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)
21Jesus left and went to the territory near the cities of Tyre and Sidon. 22Suddenly a Canaanite woman#15.22 Canaanite woman: This woman was not Jewish. from there came out shouting, “Lord and Son of David,#15.22 Son of David: See the note at 9.27. have pity on me! My daughter is full of demons.” 23Jesus 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.
24Jesus said, “I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep.”
25The woman came closer. Then she knelt down and begged, “Please help me, Lord!”
26Jesus replied, “It isn't right to take food away from children and feed it to dogs.”#15.26 feed it to dogs: The Jewish people sometimes referred to Gentiles as dogs.
27“Lord, that's true,” the woman said, “but even dogs get the crumbs that fall from their owner's table.”
28Jesus 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
29From there, Jesus went along Lake Galilee. Then he climbed a hill and sat down. 30Large crowds came and brought many people who were crippled or blind or lame or unable to talk. They placed them, and many others, in front of Jesus, and he healed them all. 31Everyone was amazed at what they saw and heard. People who had never spoken could now speak. The lame were healed, the crippled could walk, and the blind were able to see. Everyone was praising the God of Israel.
Jesus feeds four thousand
(Mark 8.1-10)
32Jesus 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.”
33His disciples said, “This place is like a desert. Where can we find enough food to feed such a crowd?”
34Jesus asked them how much food they had. They replied, “Seven small loaves of bread#15.34 small loaves of bread: See the note at 14.17. and a few little fish.”
35After Jesus had told the people to sit down, 36he 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.
37Everyone ate all they wanted, and the leftovers filled seven large baskets.
38There were four thousand men who ate, not counting the women and children.
39After 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.#15.39 Magadan: The location is unknown.
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