Matthew 15–16

Chapter 15

Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:

²Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

³But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:

⁴Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.

⁵But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.

⁶And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.

⁷Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:

⁸This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me.

⁹And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

¹⁰And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.

¹¹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

¹²Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?

¹³But he answering, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

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

¹⁵And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.

¹⁶But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?

¹⁷Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

¹⁸But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.

¹⁹For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

²⁰These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.

²¹And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coast of Tyre and Sidon.

²²And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil.

²³Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:

²⁴And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep, that are lost of the house of Israel.

²⁵But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me.

²⁶Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.

²⁷But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.

²⁸Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.

²⁹And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee: and going up into a mountain, he sat there.

³⁰And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them:

³¹So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

³²And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

³³And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

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

³⁵And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.

³⁶And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the people.

³⁷And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.

³⁸And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children and women.

³⁹And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan.

Chapter 16

And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

²But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

³And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?

⁴A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them, and went away.

⁵And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread.

⁶Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

⁷But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.

⁸And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of little faith, for that you have no bread?

⁹Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember the five loaves among five thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?

¹⁰Nor the seven loaves, among four thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?

¹¹Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

¹²Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?

¹⁴But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

¹⁵Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?

¹⁶Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹⁷And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁸And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

¹⁹And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

²⁰Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

²¹From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.

²²And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from thee, this shall not be unto thee.

²³Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

²⁶For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

²⁷For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.

²⁸Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here, that shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.