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Learn about the sources and coverage →Then scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus and asked,
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Τότε προσέρχονται τῷ Ἰησοῦ οἱ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι, λέγοντες,
Tote proserchontai tō Iēsou hoi apo Hierosolymōn grammateis kai Pharisaioi, legontes,
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition handed down by the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων; Οὐ γὰρ νίπτονται τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν, ὅταν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν.
Dia ti hoi mathētai sou parabainousin tēn paradosin tōn presbyterōn? Ou gar niptontai tas cheiras autōn, hotan arton esthiōsin.
Jesus answered them, “And why do you break God’s commandment in order to keep your tradition?
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Διὰ τί καὶ ὑμεῖς παραβαίνετε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν;
Ho de apokritheis eipen autois, Dia ti kai hymeis parabainete tēn entolēn tou theou dia tēn paradosin hymōn?
God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἐνετείλατο, λέγων, Τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα∙ καί, Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω∙
Ho gar theos eneteilato, legōn, Tima ton patera kai tēn mētera; kai, Ho kakologōn patera ē mētera thanatō teleutatō;
But you say that someone can tell his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you might have received from me has been given to God,’
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε, Ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί, Δῶρον, ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς, καὶ οὐ μὴ τιμήσῃ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ ἢ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ∙
hymeis de legete, Hos an eipē tō patri ē tē mētri, Dōron, ho ean ex emou ōphelēthēs, kai ou mē timēsē ton patera autou ē tēn mētera autou;
and then no longer honor his father or mother. By doing this, you have canceled God’s commandment for the sake of your tradition.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
καὶ ἠκυρώσατε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν∙
kai ēkyrōsate tēn entolēn tou theou dia tēn paradosin hymōn;
Hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
ὑποκριταί, καλῶς προεφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας, λέγων,
hypokritai, kalōs proephēteusen peri hymōn Ēsaias, legōn,
‘These people draw near to Me with their words and honor Me with their lips,
but their hearts are far away from Me.
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Ἐγγίζει μοι ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, καὶ τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ.
Engizei moi ho laos houtos tō stomati autōn, kai tois cheilesin me tima, hē de kardia autōn porrō apechei ap’ emou.
Their worship of Me is empty, because the teachings they present as doctrine are merely human commands.’”
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων.
Matēn de sebontai me, didaskontes didaskalias entalmata anthrōpōn.
Then Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen carefully and understand this:
¶ And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν ὄχλον, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀκούετε καὶ συνίετε.
Kai proskalesamenos ton ochlon, eipen autois, Akouete kai syniete.
What goes into a person’s mouth is not what makes that person unclean. What comes out of the mouth is what makes a person unclean.”
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Οὐ τὸ εἰσερχόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον∙ ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, τοῦτο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
Ou to eiserchomenon eis to stoma koinoi ton anthrōpon; alla to ekporeuomenon ek tou stomatos, touto koinoi ton anthrōpon.
Then His disciples came to Him and said, “Do You realize that the Pharisees were offended when they heard what You said?”
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
Τότε προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Οἶδας ὅτι οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἐσκανδαλίσθησαν;
Tote proselthontes hoi mathētai autou eipon autō, Oidas hoti hoi Pharisaioi akousantes ton logon eskandalisthēsan?
Jesus answered, “Every plant My heavenly Father did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Πᾶσα φυτεία, ἣν οὐκ ἐφύτευσεν ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ οὐράνιος, ἐκριζωθήσεται.
Ho de apokritheis eipen, Pasa phyteia, hēn ouk ephyteusen ho patēr mou ho ouranios, ekrizōthēsetai.
Leave them alone. They are blind guides leading the blind. And when one blind person leads another, both will fall into a pit.”
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Ἄφετε αὐτούς∙ ὁδηγοί εἰσιν τυφλοὶ τυφλῶν∙ τυφλὸς δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται.
Aphete autous; hodēgoi eisin typhloi typhlōn; typhlos de typhlon ean hodēgē, amphoteroi eis bothynon pesountai.
Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Φράσον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην.
Apokritheis de ho Petros eipen autō, Phrason hēmin tēn parabolēn tautēn.
Jesus replied, “Are you still having trouble understanding?
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, Ἀκμὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε;
Ho de Iēsous eipen, Akmēn kai hymeis asynetoi este?
Don’t you understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and eventually passes out of the body?
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Οὔπω νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ, καὶ εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκβάλλεται;
Oupō noeite hoti pan to eisporeuomenon eis to stoma eis tēn koilian chōrei, kai eis aphedrōna ekballetai?
But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart—and that is what makes a person unclean.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Τὰ δὲ ἐκπορευόμενα ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ἐκ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχεται, κἀκεῖνα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
Ta de ekporeuomena ek tou stomatos ek tēs kardias exerchetai, kakeina koinoi ton anthrōpon.
Because out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false testimony, and slander.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Ἐκ γὰρ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχονται διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί, φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι∙
Ek gar tēs kardias exerchontai dialogismoi ponēroi, phonoi, moicheiai, porneiai, klopai, pseudomartyriai, blasphēmiai;
These are the things that make a person unclean. Eating with unwashed hands does not make someone unclean.”
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
ταῦτά ἐστιν τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον∙ τὸ δὲ ἀνίπτοις χερσὶν φαγεῖν οὐ κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
tauta estin ta koinounta ton anthrōpon; to de aniptois chersin phagein ou koinoi ton anthrōpon.
Jesus then left that region and withdrew into the area of Tyre and Sidon.
¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἐκεῖθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος.
Kai exelthōn ekeithen ho Iēsous anechōrēsen eis ta merē Tyrou kai Sidōnos.
Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is being terribly tormented by a demon.”
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Καὶ ἰδού, γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκραύγασεν αὐτῷ, λέγουσα, Ἐλέησόν με, κύριε, υἱὲ Δαυίδ∙ ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται.
Kai idou, gynē Chananaia apo tōn horiōn ekeinōn exelthousa ekraugasen autō, legousa, Eleēson me, kyrie, huie Dauid; hē thygatēr mou kakōs daimonizetai.
But Jesus did not answer her a word.
His disciples came to Him and urged Him, “Send her away. She keeps crying out after us.”
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον. Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἠρώτων αὐτόν, λέγοντες, Ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν, ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν.
Ho de ouk apekrithē autē logon. Kai proselthontes hoi mathētai autou ērōtōn auton, legontes, Apolyson autēn, hoti krazei opisthen hēmōn.
Jesus answered, “I was sent first to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.
Ho de apokritheis eipen, Ouk apestalēn ei mē eis ta probata ta apolōlota oikou Israēl.
But the woman came closer, bowed down before Him, and pleaded, “Lord, help me!”
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα, Κύριε, βοήθει μοι.
Hē de elthousa prosekynēsen autō legousa, Kyrie, boēthei moi.
Jesus answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Οὐκ ἔστιν καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις.
Ho de apokritheis eipen, Ouk estin kalon labein ton arton tōn teknōn kai balein tois kynariois.
She replied, “Yes, Lord—but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν, Ναί, κύριε∙ καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν.
Hē de eipen, Nai, kyrie; kai gar ta kynaria esthiei apo tōn psichiōn tōn piptontōn apo tēs trapezēs tōn kyriōn autōn.
Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, your faith is great! Let it happen for you just as you desire.”
And her daughter was healed from that very moment.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
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.
Tote apokritheis ho Iēsous eipen autē, Ō gynai, megalē sou hē pistis; genēthētō soi hōs theleis. Kai iathē hē thygatēr autēs apo tēs hōras ekeinēs.
Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on the mountain and sat down.
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
Καὶ μεταβὰς ἐκεῖθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἦλθεν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας∙ καὶ ἀναβὰς εἰς τὸ ὄρος ἐκάθητο ἐκεῖ.
Kai metabas ekeithen ho Iēsous ēlthen para tēn thalassan tēs Galilaias; kai anabas eis to oros ekathēto ekei.
Huge crowds came to Him, bringing people who were lame, blind, unable to speak, crippled, and suffering from many other conditions. They laid them at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them.
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
Καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί, ἔχοντες μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν χωλούς, τυφλούς, κωφούς, κυλλούς, καὶ ἑτέρους πολλούς, καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτοὺς παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτούς∙
Kai prosēlthon autō ochloi polloi, echontes meth’ heautōn chōlous, typhlous, kōphous, kyllous, kai heterous pollous, kai erripsan autous para tous podas tou Iēsou kai etherapeusen autous;
The crowds were amazed as they watched those who could not speak begin speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing.
And they glorified the God of Israel.
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
ὥστε τοὺς ὄχλους θαυμάσαι, βλέποντας κωφοὺς λαλοῦντας, κυλλοὺς ὑγιεῖς, χωλοὺς περιπατοῦντας, καὶ τυφλοὺς βλέποντας∙ καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν θεὸν Ἰσραήλ.
hōste tous ochlous thaumasai, blepontas kōphous lalountas, kyllous hygieis, chōlous peripatountas, kai typhlous blepontas; kai edoxasan ton theon Israēl.
Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have deep compassion for these people. They have stayed with Me for three days now, and they have nothing left to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse along the road.”
¶ Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
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.
Ho de Iēsous proskalesamenos tous mathētas autou eipen, Splanchnizomai epi ton ochlon, hoti ēdē hēmerai treis prosmenousin moi, kai ouk echousin ti phagōsin; kai apolysai autous nēsteis ou thelō, mēpote eklythōsin en tē hodō.
His disciples asked Him, “Where could we possibly find enough bread out here in the wilderness to feed a crowd this large?”
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
Καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, Πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι, ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον;
Kai legousin autō hoi mathētai autou, Pothen hēmin en erēmia artoi tosoutoi, hōste chortasai ochlon tosouton?
Jesus asked them, “How many loaves do you have?”
“Seven,” they answered, “and a few small fish.”
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Πόσους ἄρτους ἔχετε; Οἱ δὲ εἶπον, Ἑπτά, καὶ ὀλίγα ἰχθύδια.
Kai legei autois ho Iēsous, Posous artous echete? Hoi de eipon, Hepta, kai oliga ichthydia.
So Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground.
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
Καὶ ἐκέλευσεν τοῖς ὄχλοις ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν∙
Kai ekeleusen tois ochlois anapesein epi tēn gēn;
He took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to His disciples. The disciples then gave the food to the crowd.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
καὶ λαβὼν τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας, εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν, καὶ ἔδωκεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τῷ ὄχλῳ.
kai labōn tous hepta artous kai tous ichthyas, eucharistēsas eklasen, kai edōken tois mathētais autou, hoi de mathētai tō ochlō.
Everyone ate until they were satisfied.
When the meal was over, they collected what remained and filled seven large baskets with the broken pieces.
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
Καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν∙ καὶ ἦραν τὸ περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων, ἑπτὰ σπυρίδας πλήρεις.
Kai ephagon pantes kai echortasthēsan; kai ēran to perisseuon tōn klasmatōn, hepta spyridas plēreis.
Four thousand men had eaten, besides women and children.
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
Οἱ δὲ ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν τετρακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες, χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων.
Hoi de esthiontes ēsan tetrakischilioi andres, chōris gynaikōn kai paidiōn.
After dismissing the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and went to the region of Magdala.
And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
Καὶ ἀπολύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἐνέβη εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅρια Μαγδαλά.
Kai apolysas tous ochlous enebē eis to ploion, kai ēlthen eis ta horia Magdala.