That Which Defiles
1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16 and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’15:4 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9 5But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8“ ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’15:9 Isaiah 29:13”
10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
12Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14Leave them; they are blind guides.15:14 Some manuscripts blind guides of the blind If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. 17“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
23Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
25The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
29Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. 30Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. 31The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
32Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
33His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
34“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
35He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. 37They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 38The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children. 39After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
传统与诫命
1有几个法利赛人和律法教师从耶路撒冷来质问耶稣： 2“为什么你的门徒吃饭前不行洗手礼，破坏祖先的传统呢？”
3耶稣回答说：“为什么你们因拘守传统而违背上帝的诫命呢？ 4上帝说，‘要孝敬父母’15:4 出埃及记20:12；申命记5:16。，又说，‘咒骂父母的，必被处死。’15:4 出埃及记21:17；利未记20:9。 5你们却说，‘人如果宣布把供养父母的钱奉献给上帝， 6他就不必孝敬父母了。’你们这是用传统来废掉上帝的诫命。 7你们这些伪君子，以赛亚针对你们说的预言一点没错，
8“‘这些人嘴上尊崇我，
心却远离我，
9他们的教导无非是人的规条，
他们敬拜我也是枉然。’15:9 以赛亚书29:13。”
10耶稣召集了众人，对他们说：“你们要听，也要明白。 11入口的东西不会使人污秽，从口中出来的才会使人污秽。”
12门徒上前对祂说：“你知道吗？法利赛人听见你的话很反感。”
13耶稣回答说：“凡不是我天父栽种的都要被连根拔起来。 14随便他们吧！他们是瞎眼的向导。瞎眼的给瞎眼的领路，二人都会掉进坑里。”
15彼得对耶稣说：“请给我们解释一下这个比喻。”
16耶稣说：“你们也还是这样糊涂吗？ 17岂不知入口的东西都是进到肚子里，然后排进厕所吗？ 18可是，从口中出来的乃是发自内心，会使人污秽。 19因为从心里出来的有恶念、谋杀、通奸、淫乱、偷盗、假见证和毁谤， 20这些东西才使人污秽。不洗手吃饭并不会使人污秽。”
迦南妇人的信心
21耶稣从那里退到泰尔和西顿境内。 22那地方有个迦南的妇人前来大声恳求耶稣：“主啊！大卫的后裔啊！可怜我吧！我的女儿被鬼附身，受尽折磨！” 23耶稣却一言不答。门徒上前求祂说：“请让她走吧！她老是在我们后面喊叫。”
24耶稣说：“我奉差遣只是来寻找以色列家迷失的羊。”
25那妇人上前跪下，说：“主啊！求你帮帮我吧！”
26耶稣答道：“把儿女的食物丢给狗吃，不合适。”
27妇人说：“主啊，不错，可是狗也吃主人饭桌上掉下来的碎渣呀！”
28耶稣说：“妇人，你的信心真大！我答应你的要求。”就在那一刻，她女儿痊愈了。
耶稣使四千人吃饱
29耶稣离开那里，来到加利利湖边，上了山，在那里坐下。 30大群的人把瘸腿的、瞎眼的、残疾的、哑巴及许多别的病人带来，放在祂脚前，祂就医治了他们。 31众人看见哑巴说话，残疾的复原，瘸腿的走路，瞎眼的看见，都很惊奇，就赞美以色列的上帝。
32耶稣把门徒召集过来，对他们说：“我怜悯这些人，他们跟我在一起已经三天，没有任何吃的。我不愿让他们饿着肚子回去，以免他们在路上体力不支。”
33门徒说：“在这荒郊野外，我们到哪里找足够的食物给这么多人吃呢？”
34耶稣问：“你们有多少饼？”
门徒答道：“七个，还有几条小鱼。”
35耶稣便吩咐众人坐在地上。 36祂拿着那七个饼和几条鱼祝谢后，掰开，递给门徒，门徒再分给众人。 37大家都吃了，并且吃饱了，剩下的零碎装满了七个筐子。 38当时吃饭的，除了妇女和小孩，共有四千男人。 39耶稣遣散众人以后，就坐船去了马加丹地区。
