Etheridge - Matthew - 15

15:1  THEN came to Jeshu Pharishee and Sophree, who were from Urishlem, saying,

15:2  Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread?

15:3  Jeshu answered, and said to them, Why also do ye transgress the commandment of Aloha for the sake of your tradition?

15:4  For Aloha hath said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and whoso curseth his father or his mother, to die he shall die:

15:5  but ye say, Every one who shall say to a father, or to a mother, (It is) my oblation whatever thou wouldst be profited by me,

15:6  and shall not honour his father or his mother (shall be guiltless). Thus you have abolished the word of Aloha for the sake of your tradition.

15:7  Ye hypocrites! rightly prophesied concerning you Eshaia the prophet, and said,

15:8  This people with the lips honour me, but their heart (is) very far from me.

15:9  But in vain they reverence me, while they teach the doctrines of the commandments of men.

15:10  And he called to the multitudes, and said to them, Hear, and understand:

15:11  It is not that which, entering the mouth, contaminates a man; but that which shall come from the mouth, that contaminates a man.

15:12  Then drew near his disciples, saying to him, Knowest thou that the Pharishee who heard this word were offended?

15:13  But he answered, and said to them, Every plantation which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted shall be rooted up.

15:14  Leave them: they are blind leaders of the blind; but if a blind man shall lead a blind man, both shall fall into the ditch.

15:15  And Shemun Kipha answered and said, My Lord, expound to us this parable.

15:16  But he said to them, Do you also not yet understand?

15:17  Know you not that whatsoever entereth the mouth, goeth into the belly, and from thence in purification it is cast without?

15:18  But whatsoever from the mouth shall come forth, from the heart cometh forth, and this contaminates a child of man.

15:19  For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, fornication, robbery, false witness, blasphemy.

15:20  These are they which defile a man; but if any one eat when his hands are not washed, he is not defiled.

15:21  AND Jeshu went forth from thence, and came to the borders of Tsur and Tsaidon.

15:22  And, beheld, a Canaanite woman from those coasts came forth crying, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, son of David! my daughter is grievously possessed with the demon!

15:23  But he did not return her an answer. And the disciples approached and requested from him, saying, Dismiss her, for she crieth after us.

15:24  But he answered and said to them, I am not sent but to the sheep which have wandered from the house of Israel.

15:25  Then she came, worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me!

15:26  Jeshu said to her, It is not proper to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.

15:27  But she said, Even so, my Lord; yet the dogs eat from the crumbs that fall from the tables of their masters, and live.

15:28  Then said Jeshu to her, O woman, great is thy faith! be it to thee as thou wilt! And healed was her daughter from that hour.

15:29  And Jeshu passed from thence, and came near the sea of Galila; and he ascended the mountain and sat there.

15:30  And there drew near to him great gatherings (of people), and with them there were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the mutilated, and many others; and they cast them at the feet of Jeshu, and he healed them.

15:31  So that those multitudes were astounded as they beheld the dumb speaking, and the mutilated made whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the Aloha of Isroel.

15:32  BUT Jeshu himself called his disciples, and said to them, I have pity for this multitude, who, behold, for three days have continued with me, but there is nothing for them to eat; and to send them away fasting, I am unwilling, lest they should faint in the way.

15:33  The disciples say to him, Whence can we have bread in the wilderness, that we may satisfy this whole multitude?

15:34  Jeshu saith to them, How many loaves have you? They say to him, Seven, and a few small fishes.

15:35  And he directed that the multitudes should recline upon the ground.

15:36  And he took those seven loaves and the fishes, and offered praise, and brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes;

15:37  and they all did eat and were satisfied: and they took up of the abundance of fragments seven baskets full.

15:38  And they who had eaten, were four thousand men, besides women and children.

15:39  And when he had dismissed the multitudes, he ascended into a ship, and came to the coasts of Magodu.