ULT MAT chapter 15

15 Then Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 2 “Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” 3 But he, answering, said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying[fn], ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘The one speaking evil of his father or mother, let him end in death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you might have benefited from me is a gift,” 6 he will certainly not honor his father.’ And you have set aside the word[fn] of God because of your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied well about you, saying,

10 And having summoned the crowd, he said to them, “Listen and understand: 11 What enters into the mouth does not defile the man, but what comes out from the mouth, this defiles the man.” 12 Then having approached, the disciples said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, were caused to stumble?” 13 But he, answering, said, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Leave them! They are blind guides[fn]. But if a blind one guides a blind one, both will fall into a pit.” 15 But answering, Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 But he said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that everything that enters into the mouth passes into the stomach and is passed out into the latrine? 18 But the things coming out from the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. 19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adultery, sexual immorality, thefts, false testimony, blasphemies. 20 These are the things defiling the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

21 And having come out from there, Jesus withdrew into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman, having come out from those regions, was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.” 23 But he did not answer her a word. And having approached, his disciples were begging him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” 24 But he answering said, “I was not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she, having come, bowed down to him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 Now he answering said, “It is not good to take the bread of the children and to throw it to the little dogs.” 27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, for also the little dogs eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their masters.” 28 Then answering, Jesus said to her, “O woman, great is your faith; let it be done for you just as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

29 And having left from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on a mountain, he was sitting there. 30 And 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, 31 so that the crowd marveled, seeing the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 But Jesus, having summoned his disciples, said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they are remaining with me already three days and do not have anything that they might eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they might faint on the way.” 33 And the disciples say to him, “From where would be to us in a desolate place so many loaves so as to satisfy so large a crowd?” 34 And Jesus says to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 And having commanded the crowd to recline on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks, he broke them and was giving them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds. 37 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up the remaining of the broken pieces—seven baskets full. 38 But those eating were 4, 000 men, besides women and children. 39 And having sent away the crowds, he got into the boat and went into the regions of Magadan[fn].

Instead of commanded, saying, some manuscripts read said.

Instead of the word, some manuscripts read the commandment, and other manuscripts read the law.

Some manuscripts add of the blind here.

Instead of Magadan, some manuscripts read Magdala.

ULT MAT Chapter 15