Anderson - Matthew - 15

15:1  Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees that were of Jerusalem, saying:

15:2  Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

15:3  But he answered and said to them: And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

15:4  For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and your mother; and, He that curses father or mother shall surely be put to death.

15:5  But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever of mine might profit you, is a gift, he must in no way honor his father or his mother;

15:6  and you make the commandment of God of no effect for the sake of your tradition.

15:7  Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

15:8  This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

15:9  But in vain, do they worship me, teaching precepts, the commandments of men.

15:10  And he called the multitude to him, and said to them: Hear and understand;

15:11  That which enters the mouth does not defile the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

15:12  Then came his disciples and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard that saying, were offended?

15:13  But he answered and said: Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.

15:14  Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.

15:15  But Peter answered and said to him: Explain to us this dark saying.

15:16  Jesus replied: Are you also yet without understanding?

15:17  Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast out into the sink?

15:18  But those things which go out from the mouth, come from the heart; and these defile the man.

15:19  For from the heart come evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, lewd actions, thefts, false testimonies, impious words.

15:20  These are the things that defile the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.

15:21  And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the regions of Tyre and Sidon.

15:22  And behold, a woman of Chanaan came out from those borders, and cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

15:23  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she cries after us.

15:24  But he answered and said: I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

15:25  But she came and did him homage, saying: Lord, help me.

15:26  He answered and said: It is not good to take the children’s bread, and throw it to the little dogs.

15:27  She replied: Yes, Lord; and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

15:28  Then Jesus answered and said to her: O woman, great is your faith; be it to you as you desire. And her daughter was restored to health from that hour.

15:29  And Jesus departed thence, and came near the sea of Galilee, and went up into the mountain, and sat there.

15:30  And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deaf, the maimed, and many others; and laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he cured them;

15:31  so that the multitudes were astonished, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

15:32  Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: I have compassion on the multitude, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. And I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest they faint on the road.

15:33  And his disciples said to him: Whence should we have in the desert as many loaves as would satisfy so great a multitude?

15:34  And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? They said: Seven, and a few little fishes.

15:35  And he commanded the multitude to recline on the ground.

15:36  And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave thorn to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude.

15:37  And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up what remained of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

15:38  And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

15:39  And he sent the multitudes away, and entered the ship, and went into the borders of Magdala.