New Living Translation NLT
Wycliffe WYC
1 Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him,
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Then the scribes and the Pharisees came to him from Jerusalem, and said, [Then scribes and Pharisees came nigh to him from Jerusalem, saying,]
2 “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”
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Why break thy disciples the traditions of elder men [Why thy disciples break the traditions, either the teachings, of elder men]? for they wash not their hands, when they eat bread.
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?
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He answered, and said to them, Why [also] break ye the commandment of God for your tradition?
4 For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’
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For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother [Honour thy father and mother], and he that curseth father or mother, die he by death.
5 But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’
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But ye say, Whoever saith to father or mother [But ye say, Whoever shall say to the father or mother], Whatever gift is of me, it shall profit to thee;
6 In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.
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and he hath not worshipped his father or his mother [and he shall not honour his father either mother]; and ye have made the commandment of God void for your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,
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Hypocrites, Esaias, the prophet, prophesied well of you, and said [saying],
8 ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
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This people honoureth me with lips, but their heart is far from me;
9 Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’ ”
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and they worship me without cause [truly they worship me without cause], teaching the doctrines and the commandments of men.
10 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “Listen,” he said, “and try to understand.
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And when the people were called together to him, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand ye. [+And the companies called together to him, he said to them, Hear, and understand.]
11 It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”
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That thing that entereth into the mouth, defouleth not a man [Not that thing that entereth into the mouth, defouleth a man]; but that thing that cometh out of the mouth, defouleth a man.
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?”
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Then his disciples came, and said to him, Thou knowest, that, if this word be heard, the Pharisees be offended? [Then his disciples coming nigh said to him, Knowest thou, that, this word heard, Pharisees be offended?]
13 Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted,
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And he answered, and said, Every planting, that my Father of heaven hath not planted [which my Father of heaven hath not planted], shall be drawn up by the root.
14 so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”
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Suffer ye them; they be blind, and leaders of blind men. And if a blind man lead a blind man, both fall into the ditch [both fall down into the ditch].
15 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable that says people aren’t defiled by what they eat.”
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Peter answered, and said to him, Expound to us this parable.
16 “Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked.
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And he said, Yet be ye also without understanding/Yet ye be without understanding? [And he said, Yet also ye be without understanding?]
17 “Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.
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Understand ye not, that all thing that entereth into the mouth, goeth into the womb, and is sent out into the going away?
18 But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you.
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But those things that come forth from the mouth, go out from the heart [go out of the heart], and those things defoul the man.
19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
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For of the heart go out evil thoughts [For out of the heart cometh evil thoughts], manslayings, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies.
20 These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”
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These things it be that defoul a man; but to eat with hands not washed [soothly for to eat with hands unwashen], defouleth not a man.
21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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And Jesus went out from thence, and went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
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And lo! a woman of Canaan went out of those coasts, and cried, and said to him [saying to him], Lord, the son of David, have mercy on me; my daughter is evil travailed of a fiend [my daughter is evil travailed of a devil].
23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”
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And he answered not to her a word. And his disciples came, and prayed him, and said, Let go thou her, for she crieth after us [And his disciples coming to, prayed him, saying, Leave thou her, for she crieth after us].
24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
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[Forsooth] He answered, and said, I am not sent, but to the sheep of the house of Israel that have perished. [Forsooth he answering saith, I am not sent, no but to the sheep of the house of Israel that perished.]
25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”
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And she came, and worshipped him, and said, Lord, help me. [But she came, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.]
26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
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Which answered, and said, It is not good to take the bread of children, and cast [it] to hounds.
27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
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And she said, Yes, Lord; for [the] whelps eat of the crumbs, that fall down from the board of their lords?.
28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.
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Then Jesus answered, and said to her, A! woman [O! thou woman], thy faith is great; be it done to thee, as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
29 Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat down.
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And when Jesus had passed from thence, he came beside the sea of Galilee. And he went up into an hill, and sat there.
30 A vast crowd brought to him people who were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn’t speak, and many others. They laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all.
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And much people came to him, and had with them dumb men and crooked [men], feeble and blind, and many others; and they casted down them at his feet. And he healed them, [And many companies came nigh to him, having with them dumb men and crooked men, feeble and blind, and many others; and they cast them down at his feet. And he healed them,]
31 The crowd was amazed! Those who hadn’t been able to speak were talking, the crippled were made well, the lame were walking, and the blind could see again! And they praised the God of Israel.
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so that the people wondered [so that the companies wondered], seeing dumb men speaking, and crooked [men] going, blind men seeing; and they magnified God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called his disciples and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, or they will faint along the way.”
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And Jesus, when his disciples were called together, said to them, I have ruth of the people, for they have abided now three days with me, and have nothing to eat; and I will not let them go fasting, lest they fail in the way. [+Forsooth Jesus said to his disciples called together, I have ruth of the company, for now three days they dwell still with me, and they have nothing that they shall eat; and I will not leave them fasting, lest they fail in the way.]
33 The disciples replied, “Where would we get enough food here in the wilderness for such a huge crowd?”
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And the disciples say to him, Whereof then so many loaves among us in desert, to fulfill so great a people [that we fill so great a company]?
34 Jesus asked, “How much bread do you have?” They replied, “Seven loaves, and a few small fish.”
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And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. [+And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.]
35 So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground.
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And he commanded the people, to sit to meat on the earth. [And he commanded the company, that they should sit to the meat on the earth.]
36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to the disciples, who distributed the food to the crowd.
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And he took the seven loaves and five fishes, and did thankings, and brake them, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples gave to the people.
37 They all ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food.
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And all ate, and were fulfilled, and they took that that was left of remnants, seven baskets full. [And all ate, and were filled, and they took that that was over of the reliefs, seven baskets full.]
38 There were 4,000 men who were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children.
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And they that ate were four thousand of men, without little children and women.
39 Then Jesus sent the people home, and he got into a boat and crossed over to the region of Magadan.
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And when he had let go the people [And, the company left], he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magdala.