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Greek: New Testament (NAS)
English: John Barach
Chapter 15
Tradition and Commandment
1  Τότε προσέρχονται τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων Φαρισαῖοι καὶ γραμματεῖς λέγοντες, 2  διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων; οὐ γὰρ νίπτονται τὰς χεῖρας [αὐτῶν] ὅταν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν. 3  ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, διὰ τί καὶ ὑμεῖς παραβαίνετε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν; 4  ὁ γὰρ θεὸς εἶπεν, Τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, {Exodus 20:12} καὶ, Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω. {Exodus 21:17} 5  ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε, ὃς ἄν εἴπῃ τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί, δῶρον ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς, 6  οὐ μὴ τιμήσει τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἠκυρώσατε τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν. 7  ὑποκριταί, καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας λέγων,
8  Ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ,
ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ' ἐμοῦ·
9  μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με
διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων. {Isa. 29:13}
1Then Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem approached Jesus, saying: 2"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” 3But He answered and said to them, “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’ {Exodus 21:17} 5But you say: ‘Whoever says to father or mother: “Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift devoted to God,” 6he shall certainly not honor his father.’ Thus you have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you, saying: 8'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me; 9In vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the mandates of men.’” {Isa. 29:13}
What Truly Defiles
10  Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν ὄχλον εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ἀκούετε καὶ συνίετε· 11  οὐ τὸ εἰσερχόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦτο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
10And after He summoned the crowd, He said to them: “Listen and understand! 11It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this is what defiles a person.”
12  Τότε προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, οἶδας ὅτι οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἐσκανδαλίσθησαν; 13  ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, πᾶσα φυτεία ἣν οὐκ ἐφύτευσεν ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ οὐράνιος ἐκριζωθήσεται. 14  ἄφετε αὐτούς· τυφλοί εἰσιν ὁδηγοί [τυφλῶν]· τυφλὸς δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται.
12Then the disciples approached and said to Him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?” 13But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. 14Leave them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind person guides a blind person, both will fall into a pit.”
15  Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, φράσον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολήν [ταύτην]. 16  ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ἀκμὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε; 17  οὐ νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ καὶ εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκβάλλεται; 18  τὰ δὲ ἐκπορευόμενα ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ἐκ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχεται κἀκεῖνα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον. 19  ἐκ γὰρ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχονται διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί, φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι. 20  ταῦτά ἐστιν τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τὸ δὲ ἀνίπτοις χερσὶν φαγεῖν οὐ κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
15But Peter spoke up and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.” 16And He said, “Are you still without understanding even now? 17Do you not realize that everything entering into the mouth passes into the stomach and is discharged into the latrine? 18But the things coming out of the mouth come from the heart, and those are what defile a person. 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slanders. 20These are the things that defile a person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21  Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἐκεῖθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος. 22  καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα ἔκραζεν λέγουσα, ἐλέησόν με, κύριε υἱὸς Δαυίδ, ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται. 23  ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον. καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἠρώτουν αὐτὸν λέγοντες, ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν, ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν. 24  ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.
21And departing from there, Jesus withdrew into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. 22And behold, a Canaanite woman from those districts came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.” 23But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples approached and kept urging Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting after us.” 24But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25  ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγουσα, Κύριε, βοήθει μοι. 26  ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, οὐκ ἔστιν καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις. 27  ἡ δὲ εἶπεν, ναὶ Κύριε, καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν. 28  τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῇ, ὦ γύναι, μεγάλη σου ἡ πίστις, γενηθήτω σοι ὡς θέλεις. καὶ ἰάθη ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.
25 But she came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” 26And He answered and said, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” 27And she said, “Yes, Lord, for even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” 28Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Healing on the Mountain
29  Καὶ μεταβὰς ἐκεῖθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἦλθεν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἀναβὰς εἰς τὸ ὄρος ἐκάθητο ἐκεῖ. 30  καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοὶ ἔχοντες μεθ' ἑαυτῶν χωλούς, τυφλούς, κυλλούς, κωφούς, καὶ ἑτέρους πολλούς καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτοὺς παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτούς· 31  ὥστε τὸν ὄχλον θαυμάσαι βλέποντας κωφοὺς λαλοῦντας, κυλλοὺς ὑγιεῖς καὶ χωλοὺς περιπατοῦντας καὶ τυφλοὺς βλέποντας· καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν θεὸν Ἰσραήλ.
29And moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee; and after going up on the mountain, He sat down there. 30And large crowds approached Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others; and they laid them at His feet, and He healed them. 31So the crowd was amazed to see the mute speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
The Feeding of the Four Thousand
32  Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν, σπλαγχνίζομαι ἐπὶ τὸν ὄχλον, ὅτι ἤδη ἡμέραι τρεῖς προσμένουσίν μοι καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν τί φάγωσιν· καὶ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτοὺς νήστεις οὐ θέλω, μήποτε ἐκλυθῶσιν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ. 33  καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί, πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον; 34  καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, πόσους ἄρτους ἔχετε; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, ἑπτὰ καὶ ὀλίγα ἰχθύδια.
32Then Jesus summoned His disciples and said, “I have deep compassion for the crowd, because they have stayed with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they collapse on the way.” 33And the disciples said to Him, “Where are we going to get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” 34And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35  καὶ παραγγείλας τῷ ὄχλῳ ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν 36  ἔλαβεν τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας καὶ εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἐδίδου τοῖς μαθηταῖς, οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις. 37  καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν. καὶ τὸ περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων ἦραν ἑπτὰ σπυρίδας πλήρεις. 38  οἱ δὲ ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν τετρακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων. 39  καὶ ἀπολύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἐνέβη εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅρια Μαγαδάν.
35And after instructing the crowd to recline on the ground, 36He took the seven loaves and the fish; and after giving thanks, He broke them and kept giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37And they all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up seven large supply baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. 38Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39And after dismissing the crowds, He got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan.