Vayetze Gospel

MattithYahu 15-16
Mat 15:1 Then there came to יהושע scribes and Pharisees from Yerushalayim, saying,
Mat 15:2 “Why do Your talmidim transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
Mat 15:3 But He answering, said to them, “Why do you also transgress the command of Elohim1 because of your tradition? Footnote: 1See Mat. 5:20.
Mat 15:4 “For Elohim has commanded, saying, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Mat 15:5 “But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me has been dedicated,”
Mat 15:6 is certainly released from respecting his father or mother.’ So you have nullified the command of Elohim by your tradition.
Mat 15:7 “Hypocrites! Yesha’Yahu rightly prophesied about you, saying,
Mat 15:8 ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
Mat 15:9 ‘But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commands of men.’ ”1 Footnote: 1Isa. 29:13, Mk. 7:7, 2 Ki. 17:19.
Mat 15:10 And calling the crowd near, He said to them, “Hear and understand:
Mat 15:11 “Not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
Mat 15:12 Then His talmidim came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees stumbled when they heard this word?”
Mat 15:13 But He answering, said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be uprooted.
Mat 15:14 “Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both shall fall into a ditch.”
Mat 15:15 And Kĕpha answering, said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
Mat 15:16 And יהושע said, “Are you also still without understanding?
Mat 15:17 “Do you not understand that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out in the sewer?
Mat 15:18 “But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and these defile the man.
Mat 15:19 “For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, whorings, thefts, false witnessings, slanders.
Mat 15:20 “These defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
Mat 15:21 And יהושע went out from there and withdrew to the parts of Tsor and Tsiḏon.
Mat 15:22 And see, a woman of Kenaʽan came from those borders and cried out to Him, saying, “Have compassion on me, O Master, Son of Dawiḏ! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”
Mat 15:23 But He did not answer her a word. And His talmidim came and asked Him, saying, “Send her away, because she cries after us.”
Mat 15:24 And He answering, said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Yisra’ĕl.”
Mat 15:25 But she came and was bowing to Him, saying, “Master, help me!”
Mat 15:26 And He answering, said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
Mat 15:27 But she said, “Yea Master, for even the little dogs1 eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” Footnote:1See Rev. 22:15.
Mat 15:28 And יהושע answering, said to her, “O woman, your belief is great! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Mat 15:29 And moving from there, יהושע came toward the Sea of Galil, and going up on the mountain, He was sitting there.
Mat 15:30 And large crowds came to Him, having with them those who were lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others. And they laid them down at the feet of יהושע, and He healed them,
Mat 15:31 so that the crowd marveled when they saw the dumb speaking, the crippled well, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they praised the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.
Mat 15:32 And יהושע, having called His talmidim near, said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have now continued with Me three days and do not have whatever to eat. And I do not wish to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
Mat 15:33 And His talmidim said to Him, “Where are we to get enough bread in the desert to satisfy such a large crowd?”
Mat 15:34 And יהושע said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
Mat 15:35 And He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground,
Mat 15:36 and taking the seven loaves and the fish, giving thanks, He broke them and gave to His talmidim, and the talmidim to the crowd.
Mat 15:37 And all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces – seven large baskets, filled.
Mat 15:38 And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Mat 15:39 And dismissing the crowd, He went into the boat, and came to the borders of Maḡdala.
Mat 16:1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.
Mat 16:2 And He answering, said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘Fair weather, for the heaven is red,’
Mat 16:3 and in the morning, ‘Stormy weather today, for the heaven is red and overcast.’ You know how to discern the face of the heaven, but you are unable to discern the signs of the times!
Mat 16:4 “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah.” And He left them and went away.
Mat 16:5 And His talmidim came to the other side, and had forgotten to take bread.
Mat 16:6 And יהושע said to them, “Mind! And beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”
Mat 16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “Because we brought no bread!”
Mat 16:8 But יהושע, aware of this, said to them, “O you of little belief, why do you reason among yourselves because you brought no bread?
Mat 16:9 “Do you still not understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you picked up?
Mat 16:10 “Or the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you picked up?
Mat 16:11 “How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?”
Mat 16:12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
Mat 16:13 Now when יהושע came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His talmidim, saying, “Who do men say the Son of Aḏam is?”
Mat 16:14 And they said, “Some say Yocḥanan the Immerser, and others Ěliyahu, and others Yirmeyahu or one of the nevi’im.”
Mat 16:15 He said to them, “And you, who do you say I am?”
Mat 16:16 And Shimʽon Kĕpha answering, said, “You are the Mashiach, the Son of the living Elohim.”
Mat 16:17 And יהושע answering, said to him, “Blessed are you, Shimʽon Bar-Yonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father in the heavens.
Mat 16:18 “And I also say to you that you are Kĕpha, and on this rock I shall build My assembly, and the gates of the grave shall not overcome it.
Mat 16:19 “And I shall give you the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever you bind1 on earth shall be having been bound1 in the heavens, and whatever you loosen1 on earth shall be having been loosened1 in the heavens.” Footnote: 1Binding and loosening is Heḇrew idiom for exercising authority (to prohibit and permit).
Mat 16:20 Then He warned His talmidim that they should say to no one that He is יהושע the Mashiach.
Mat 16:21 From that time יהושע began to show to His talmidim that it was necessary for Him to go to Yerushalayim, and to suffer much from the elders and chief Kohanim and scribes, and be killed, and to be raised again the third day.
Mat 16:22 And Kĕpha took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Be kind to Yourself, Master, this shall not be to You!”
Mat 16:23 But He turned and said to Kĕpha, “Get behind Me, HaSatan! You are a stumbling-block to Me, for your thoughts are not those of Elohim, but those of men.”
Mat 16:24 Then יהושע said to His talmidim, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his stake, and follow Me.
Mat 16:25 “For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it.
Mat 16:26 “For what is a man profited if he gains all the world, and loses his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mat 16:27 “For the Son of Aḏam is going to come in the esteem of His Father with His messengers, and then He shall reward each according to his works.1 Footnote:1Ps. 62:12, Prov. 24:12, John 5:29, Rom. 2:6, 2 Cor. 5:10, Eph. 2:10, Titus 2:7 & 14, Jas. 2:14-24, Rev. 22:12.
Mat 16:28 “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death at all until they see the Son of Aḏam coming in His reign:”1 Footnote:1See 17:2-5.