Matthew 15
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 15
Traditions That Falsify the Law of God. 1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 [a]“Why do your disciples ignore the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before eating.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses his father or mother shall be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone says to his father or mother, “Anything I might have used for your support is dedicated to God,” 6 then he is excused from his duty to honor his father or mother.’ To uphold your tradition you have made God’s word null and void. 7 You hypocrites! How rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you when he said:
8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 Clean and Unclean.[b] Then he called the people to him and said to them, “Listen and understand. 11 It is not what goes into one’s mouth that defiles a person; what comes out of the mouth is what defiles him.”
12 The disciples approached and said to him, “Do you realize that the Pharisees were greatly offended when they heard what you said?” 13 He answered, “Every plant that my Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides. And if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a pit.”
15 Peter said to him, “Explain that parable to us.” 16 Jesus replied, “Are even you still without understanding? 17 Do you not realize that whatever goes into the mouth passes through the stomach and is discharged into the sewer? 18 But what comes out of the mouth originates in the heart, and this is what defiles a person. 19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, slander. 20 These are the things that defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not make anyone unclean.”
21 The Faith of a Pagan Woman.[c] Jesus then left that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.[d] 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out to meet him and cried out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is sorely tormented by a demon.” 23 But he did not say a word to her in reply.
So his disciples came and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and knelt at his feet, saying, “Lord, help me!” 26 He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She replied, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, you have great faith. Let it be done for you as you wish.” And from that moment her daughter was healed.
29 Jesus Heals Many People.[e]After leaving that region, Jesus walked along the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and going up onto the mountain, he sat down. 30 Large crowds flocked to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute, and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he cured them. 31 The crowds were amazed when they observed the mute speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind with their sight restored, and they gave praise to the God of Israel.
32 Jesus Feeds Four Thousand Men. Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I am moved with compassion for these people, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
33 The disciples said to him, “Where can we ever get enough bread in this deserted place to feed such a great crowd?” 34 Jesus asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
35 He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 37 They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward, they picked up seven baskets full of what remained. 38 Those who had eaten numbered four thousand men, not counting women and children. 39 And when he had sent away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:2 The “oral” tradition consisted of practices and regulations meant to fill out the written Law of Moses; many Pharisaic Jews did not hesitate to claim that this tradition, like the Torah, had been revealed on Sinai. The oral tradition allowed for a vow by which a man could free himself from his obligations to his own parents: the material goods meant for them were promised to God and thus declared “sacred offerings.”
- Matthew 15:10 Every ancient religion attempted to distinguish clearly the two notions of clean and unclean as regards objects and affairs of life. The Book of Leviticus proposes a developed code of ritual purity, which was above all a way of expressing the grandeur of God and of establishing laws of respect in the behavior of human beings. However, as time went on, this great inspiration was lost in a soulless formalism. In the tightly regulated life of the Jews of the first century A.D., the dispositions of the heart held such a small place that even the apostles have trouble understanding the teaching of Jesus. He unmasks hypocrisy. How can one not be shocked by his words, which overturn even the religious assurance of humans!
- Matthew 15:21 The Israelites regarded themselves as children of God because they were heirs of the promises made to the patriarchs and depositaries of the divine revelation. On the contrary, they called the Gentiles dogs out of contempt for their idolatrous and immoral practices. Jesus makes use of these two terms but softens the second, which in the Greek is “little dogs,” i.e., pet dogs in the home. His point was that the Gospel was to be offered first to the Jews. The woman understood his implication and was willing to settle for the “crumbs.” Jesus rewarded her faith.
- Matthew 15:21 Tyre and Sidon: these were Phoenician cities; Canaanite was the ancient name of their populations.
- Matthew 15:29 This second miracle of the loaves has many analogies with the first multiplication of the loaves. Therefore, some exegetes speak of a duplication, i.e., a different reporting of the same episode. However, there are so many diverse circumstances in the two episodes that Matthew and Mark believe in two distinct miracles.
Матай 15
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О внутренней чистоте(A)
15 Затем пришли к Исе из Иерусалима блюстители Закона и учители Таурата и сказали:
2 – Почему Твои ученики нарушают обычаи наших предков? Они не омывают рук перед едой![a]
3 Иса ответил:
– А почему вы ради соблюдения своего обычая нарушаете повеление Всевышнего?[b] 4 Ведь Всевышний сказал: «Почитай отца и мать»[c] и «Кто злословит отца или мать, тот должен быть предан смерти»[d]. 5 Вы же говорите, что если человек скажет отцу или матери: «Отдаю Всевышнему то, чем я мог бы тебе помочь», 6 то ему уже не обязательно помогать отцу.[e] Тем самым вы ради своего обычая отменяете слово Всевышнего. 7 Лицемеры! Прав был Исаия, когда пророчествовал о вас:
8 «Этот народ чтит Меня на словах,
но сердца их далеки от Меня.
9 Они поклоняются Мне впустую,
потому что их учение состоит из человеческих предписаний»[f].
10 Иса подозвал к Себе народ и сказал:
– Выслушайте и постарайтесь понять. 11 Не то, что входит в человека через рот, оскверняет его; оскверняет человека то, что исходит из его уст.
12 Позже ученики сказали Исе:
– Ты знаешь, что Твои слова обидели блюстителей Закона?
13 Иса ответил:
– Каждое растение, посаженное не Моим Отцом, Который на небесах, будет вырвано с корнем. 14 Оставьте их, они слепые поводыри слепых. А если слепой поведёт слепого, то оба упадут в яму.
15 Петир же попросил:
– Объясни нам эту притчу.
16 – Так и вы тоже до сих пор не понимаете? – сказал Иса. – 17 Неужели вы не понимаете, что всё, что входит в человека через рот, проходит через желудок, а потом выходит вон? 18 Но то, что исходит из уст, исходит из сердца, это и оскверняет человека. 19 Потому что из сердца исходят злые мысли, убийства, супружеская неверность, разврат, воровство, лжесвидетельство, клевета. 20 Именно это оскверняет человека, а не то, что он не омывает рук перед едой.
Вера язычницы(B)
21 Покинув это место, Иса отправился в окрестности Тира и Сидона. 22 Там к Нему с плачем подошла местная женщина-хананеянка и стала кричать:
– Повелитель, Сын Давуда, сжалься надо мной! Моя дочь одержима демоном и ужасно мучается!
23 Иса не отвечал ей ни слова. Тогда Его ученики стали просить:
– Отошли её, а то она идёт за нами и кричит.
24 Иса сказал женщине:
– Я послан только к народу Исраила, к заблудшим овцам.
25 Женщина подошла и поклонилась Ему:
– Повелитель, помоги мне!
26 Иса ответил:
– Нехорошо будет забрать хлеб у детей и бросить собакам[g].
27 – Да, Повелитель, – ответила женщина, – но ведь и собаки едят крошки, которые падают со стола хозяев.
28 Тогда Иса сказал ей:
– Женщина, у тебя великая вера! Пусть будет так, как ты хочешь.
И в тот же час её дочь исцелилась.
Народ восхваляет Всевышнего за исцеления(C)
29 Иса ушёл оттуда и пошёл вдоль Галилейского озера. В одном месте Он поднялся на склон горы и сел там. 30 К Нему пришло множество людей, среди которых были хромые, слепые, калеки, немые и многие другие больные. Этих несчастных клали к ногам Исы, и Он исцелял их. 31 Люди удивлялись, когда видели немых говорящими, калек здоровыми, хромых ходящими и слепых зрячими, и славили Бога Исраила.
Насыщение более четырёх тысяч человек(D)
32 Иса подозвал Своих учеников и сказал:
– Мне жаль этих людей, они со Мной вот уже три дня, и у них не осталось еды. Я не хочу отпускать их голодными, ведь они могут ослабеть в дороге.
33 Ученики ответили:
– Где же мы возьмём здесь, в этой пустыне, столько хлеба, чтобы накормить всё это множество людей?
34 – Сколько у вас лепёшек? – спросил Иса.
– Семь лепёшек и несколько рыбок, – ответили они.
35 Иса велел людям возлечь на землю. 36 Затем Он взял семь лепёшек и рыбу и, поблагодарив за них Всевышнего, стал разламывать на куски, передавая ученикам, а те, в свою очередь, – народу. 37 Все ели и насытились, и ещё набралось семь полных корзин остатков. 38 Всего ело четыре тысячи одних только мужчин, не считая женщин и детей.
39 Отпустив народ, Иса сел в лодку и отправился в окрестности Магадана[h].
Footnotes
- 15:2 У древних иудеев существовал особый ритуал омовения рук перед приёмом пищи, подобный тому, что можно наблюдать среди народов Востока.
- 15:3 Духовные учители иудеев разработали целую систему обрядового очищения, намного превосходящую по своим требованиям то, что Всевышний предписал в Таурате. Эти установления передавались из поколения в поколение в устной форме.
- 15:4 Исх. 20:12; Втор. 5:16.
- 15:4 Исх. 21:17; Лев. 20:9.
- 15:5-6 Произнеся эти слова, человек, по мнению духовных учителей, освобождался от обязанности помогать своим нуждающимся родителям. И в данном случае никого не интересовало, будут ли эти средства потрачены на нужды храма или нет.
- 15:8-9 Ис. 29:13.
- 15:26 Букв.: «собачкам». Для иудеев собака считалась нечистым животным. Исраильтяне часто называли язычников собаками, но в данном случае Иса не желал кого-либо обидеть, Он просто приводит иллюстрацию из жизни.
- 15:39 Точное местоположение этого города в Палестине не известно. Многие толкователи считают, что это другое название города Магдалы, откуда была родом Марьям, одна из последовательниц Исы (см. 27:56).
Matthew 15
New King James Version
Defilement Comes from Within(A)
15 Then (B)the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2 (C)“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, (D)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (E)‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, (F)“Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— 6 then he need not honor his father [a]or mother.’ Thus you have made the [b]commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 (G)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These(H) people [c]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
(I)Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 (J)When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 (K)Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, (L)“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. (M)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 (N)Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, (O)“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that (P)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But (Q)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 (R)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
A Gentile Shows Her Faith(S)
21 (T)Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, (U)Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
23 But He answered her not a word.
And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”
24 But He answered and said, (V)“I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little (W)dogs.”
27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, (X)great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Jesus Heals Great Multitudes(Y)
29 (Z)Jesus departed from there, (AA)skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 (AB)Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, [d]maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ (AC)feet, and He healed them. 31 So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the [e]maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they (AD)glorified the God of Israel.
Feeding the Four Thousand(AE)
32 (AF)Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
33 (AG)Then His disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?”
34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”
And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
35 So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And (AH)He took the seven loaves and the fish and (AI)gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. 37 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. 38 Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 (AJ)And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of [f]Magdala.
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:6 NU omits or mother
- Matthew 15:6 NU word
- Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And
- Matthew 15:30 crippled
- Matthew 15:31 crippled
- Matthew 15:39 NU Magadan
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