Matthew 15
15
The Tradition of the Elders
1Then # Mk 7:1-23 Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked, # Mk 3:22; Jn 1:19 2“Why do Your disciples # Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat! ” # Lit eat bread = eat a meal # Lk 11:38; Gl 1:14; Col 2:8; Heb 11:2
3He answered them, “And why do you break God’s commandment because of your tradition? 4For God said: # Other mss read commanded, saying
Honor your father and your mother; # Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16; Eph 6:2 # Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16 and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death. # Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9 # Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9
5But you say, ‘Whoever tells his father or mother, “Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift committed to the temple” — 6he does not have to honor his father.’ # Other mss read then he does not have to honor his father or mother In this way, you have revoked God’s word # Other mss read commandment because of your tradition. 7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said:
8These people # Other mss add draw near to Me with their mouths, and honor Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me.
9They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.” # Is 29:13; Ezk 33:31; Col 2:22; Ti 1:14 # Is 29:13 LXX
Defilement Is from Within
10Summoning the crowd, He told them, “Listen and understand: 11It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles # Mt 15:18; Mk 7:15; Ac 21:28; Heb 9:13 a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” # Ac 10:14-15; 1Tm 4:3
12Then the disciples came up and told Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this statement? ”
13He replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted. # Is 60:21; 61:3; Jn 15:2; 1Co 3:9 14Leave them alone! They are blind guides. # Other mss add for the blind And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.” # Mal 2:8; Mt 23:16,24; Lk 6:39
15Then Peter replied to Him, “Explain this parable to us.” # Mt 13:36; Mk 7:17
16“Are even you still lacking in understanding? ” He # Other mss read Jesus asked. 17“Don’t you realize # Other mss add yet that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated? # Lit and goes out into the toilet 18But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man. # Mt 12:34; Jms 3:6 19For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, # Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; 1Tm 6:4 blasphemies. # Ex 20:13-16; Gl 5:19-21; Jms 2:4 20These are the things that defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man.” # Mt 11:18; Mk 7:2,5; 1Co 6:9-10
A Gentile Mother’s Faith
21When Jesus left there, # Mk 7:24-30 He withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon. # Mt 11:21; Mk 7:24 22Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, # Other mss read and cried out to Him “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon.” # Gn 10:15,19; Jdg 1:30-33; Mt 4:24; 9:27
23Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples # Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 approached Him and urged Him, “Send her away because she cries out after us.” # Lit she is yelling behind us or after us
24He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” # Mt 10:6,23; Jn 4:22; Rm 15:8
25But she came, knelt before Him, and said, “Lord, help me! ”
26He answered, “It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to their dogs.” # Ex 22:31; 2Kg 9:10; Mt 8:2; Php 3:2
27“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table! ”
28Then Jesus replied to her, “Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you want.” And from that moment # Lit hour her daughter was cured. # Mt 9:22; 17:18; Jn 4:52-53
Healing Many People
29Moving on from there, # Mk 7:31-37 Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. # Mt 9:8; 18:8; Mk 9:43 He went up on a mountain and sat there, 30and large crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at His feet, and He healed them. 31So the crowd was amazed when they saw those unable to speak talking, the deformed restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. # Is 29:23; Lk 1:68; Ac 13:17 And they gave glory to the God of Israel.
Feeding 4,000
32Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said, # Mt 14:14-21; Mk 8:1-10 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry; otherwise they might collapse on the way.”
33The disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place # Mk 8:4; 2Co 11:26; Heb 11:38 to fill such a crowd? ”
34“How many loaves do you have? ” Jesus asked them.
“Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”
35After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36He took the seven loaves and the fish, and He gave thanks, broke them, and kept on giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. # Mt 26:27; Lk 22:17; Jn 6:11,23; Ac 27:35; Rm 14:6; 1Co 10:30 37They all ate and were filled. Then they collected the leftover pieces — seven large baskets full. 38Now those who ate were 4,000 men, besides women and children. 39After dismissing the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan. # Other mss read Magdala # Mk 3:9; 8:10
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Matthew 15
15
1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Yeshua from Jerusalem, saying, 2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’#Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’#Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9 5But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,” 6he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. 7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
9 And they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’” #
Isaiah 29:13
10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand. 11That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted. 14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 So Yeshua said, “Do you also still not understand? 17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body? 18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies. 20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
21Yeshua went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
23 But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”
24 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
26 But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Yeshua answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
29Yeshua departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat there. 30Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, 31so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
32Yeshua summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
33 The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
34Yeshua said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”
They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 36and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 37They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. 38Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children. 39Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
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