Matthew 15 HCSB NIV Parallel

Bible > Matthew > Matthew 15

◄ Matthew 15 ►

HCSB Parallel NIV [BSB CSB ESV HCS KJV ISV NAS NET NIV NLT GRK]

Holman Christian Standard Bible

New International Version

1Then Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked,"

1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

2Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat!"

2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"

3He answered them, "And why do you break God's commandment because of your tradition?

3Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

4For God said: Honor your father and your mother; and, The one who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.

4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.'

5But you say, Whoever tells his father or mother, "Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift committed to the temple"--

5But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is 'devoted to God,'

6he does not have to honor his father.' In this way, you have revoked God's word because of your tradition.

6they are not to 'honor their father or mother' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said:

7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

8These people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

8"'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

9They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men."

9They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.'"

10Summoning the crowd, He told them, "Listen and understand:

10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.

11It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

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 up and told Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this statement?"

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 didn't plant will be uprooted.

13He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

14Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

14Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."

15Then Peter replied to Him, "Explain this parable to us."

15Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."

16"Are even you still lacking in understanding?" He asked.

16"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.

17"Don't you realize that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?

17"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?

18But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.

18But the things that come out of a person's mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.

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

19For out of the heart come evil thoughts--murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

20These are the things that defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

20These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them."

21When Jesus left there, He withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon.

21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

22Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon."

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."

23Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him, "Send her away because she cries out after us."

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 replied, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

24He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."

25But she came, knelt before Him, and said, "Lord, help me!"

25The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said.

26He answered, "It isn't right to take the children's bread and throw it to their dogs.""

26He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."

27Yes, Lord," she said, "yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table!"

27"Yes it is, Lord," she said. "Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

28Then Jesus replied to her, "Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you want." And from that moment her daughter was cured.

28Then Jesus said to her, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed at that moment.

29Moving on from there, Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. He went up on a mountain and sat there,

29Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.

30and large crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at His feet, and He healed them.

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.

31So the crowd was amazed when they saw those unable to speak talking, the deformed restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they gave glory to the God of Israel.

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.

32Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they've already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry; otherwise they might collapse on the way."

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."

33The disciples said to Him, "Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to fill such a crowd?"

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 them." Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."

34"How many loaves do you have?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they replied, "and a few small fish."

35After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground,

35He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.

36He took the seven loaves and the fish, and He gave thanks, broke them, and kept on giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

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 filled. Then they collected the leftover pieces--seven large baskets full.

37They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

38Now those who ate were 4,000 men, besides women and children.

38The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children.

39After dismissing the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

39After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

New International Version (NIV)

Bible Hub