The Second Time Jesus Fed the Multitudes |
Matthew 15:1-39 The Gospel According to Matthew [in Smaller Chunks] |
Then, Jesus came to the scribes & Pharisees, [from] Jerusalem, [who] were saying, Why do your disciples [sin against] the [traditions] of the elders? For they [don't] wash their hands when they eat bread, [a.k.a. food.] |
But He answered, & said to them, Why do you also [sin against] the commandment of God by your [traditions?] For God commanded, saying, Honor your father & mother, & Let he, [who] curses [his] father or mother die the death. |
But you say, [Whoever] shall say to his father or his mother, [Whatever] you [might benefit] by me, is a gift. And he [doesn't] honor his father or this mother, & he shall be free. [Like this,] you have made the commandment of God of [no] effect, by your [traditions.] |
[Mark 7:11-13 But you say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by [whatever] you might be [benefited,] by me, he shall be free, [a.k.a. released.] And you [allow] him to no [longer] do [anything he] ought [to do] for his father or mother; making the Word of God [ineffective] through your [traditions, that] you have delivered, [a.k.a. conveyed.] And you do many [similar] things.] |
You hypocrites, [Isaiah] did well [to] prophesy of you, saying, *This people [draw close] to Me with their mouth, & honor Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me. But they do worship Me in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. |
And [Jesus] called the multitude, & said to them, Hear & understand. [It's] not [what] goes into the mouth [that] defiles a man, but [what] comes out of the mouth. This defiles a man. Then, His disciples came & said to Him, [Don't] You [know,] that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? |
But He answered & said, Every plant, which My heavenly Father hasn't planted, shall be [uprooted.] Let them alone. They [are] blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind [leads] the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. |
[Malachi 2:8 But you [have] departed & [gone astray from] the [path,] & have caused many to stumble [in] the Law. You have [distorted] the covenant [contract] of Levi, says the Lord of Hosts.] |
Then, Peter answered & said to Him, [Explain] this parable to us. And Jesus said, Are you also, [still] without understanding? Don't you understand yet, that [whatever] enters in at the mouth, [goes] into the [stomach,] & is cast out into the [waste?] |
But those things [that come] out of the mouth, come [out] from the heart. And they defile the man. For: evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, & blasphemies, [come] out of the heart. These are the things, [that] defile a man: [but] to eat with [unwashed] hands [doesn't] defile a man. |
Then, Jesus went [from there, & went] into the coasts of Tyre, [a.k.a. Tyrus,] & Sidon. And, [saw,] a woman [from] Canaan, came out of the same coasts, & cried [out] to Him, saying, O Lord, have mercy on me, You Son of David. My daughter is grievously [troubled] with a [demon.] |
But [Jesus didn't say] a word [to] her. And His disciples came & [urged] Him, saying, Send her away, for she [cries out,] after us. But [Jesus] answered & said, But am I not sent, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. [John 10:11-14 I Am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep. |
But he, [who] is [hired,] & not the shepherd, whose sheep are not [his] own, [sees] the wolf coming & leaves the sheep, & [flees.] And the wolf catches them, & scatters the sheep. The [hired] flees, because he is [hired,] & [doesn't] care for the sheep. I Am the Good Shepherd, & know My sheep, & Am known [by] Mine.] |
Then, she came & worshiped Him, saying, Lord help me. But He answered & said, It's not [appropriate] to take the children's bread, & [throw] it to dogs. And she said, [That's the] truth, Lord. [Still,] the dogs eat the crumbs, [that] fall from their masters; table. |
Then, Jesus answered & said to her, O woman, your faith is great, [a.k.a. strong.] [Let] it be to you, even as you [want.] And her daughter was made whole, from that very hour. And Jesus departed from [there,] & came [near] the Sea of Galilee, & went up into a mountain, & sat down there. |
*And [large] multitudes came to Him, having with them, those, [who] were lame, blind, dumb, [a.k.a. mute,] maimed, [a.k.a. disfigured or disabled,] & many others, & cast them down at Jesus' feet, & He healed them. [Isaiah 35:4-6 Say to [those with] fearful [hearts,] Be strong, & [don't] fear. [Look,] your God will come with vengeance, even God with a [repayment.] He will come & save you. |
*Then, the eyes of the blind shall be opened, & the ears of the deaf shall be [unplugged.] *Then, the lame man shall leap [like] a [rabbit,] & the tongue of the dumb, [shall] sing. For in the wilderness, waters shall break out, & streams in the desert.] |
[All things considered,] the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, & the blind to see. And they glorified the God of Israel. |
Then, Jesus called his disciples to Him, & said, I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with Me now, these 3 days, & have nothing to eat. And I won't send them away fasting, lest they faint in the [road.] |
And His disciples [said] to Him, [From where] should we have so much bread, [a.k.a. food,] in the wilderness, [in order] to fill so [large] a multitude? And Jesus [said] to them, How many loaves [do] you have? And they said, Seven, & a few little [fish.] |
And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the 7 loaves, & the [fish,] & gave thanks, & [broke] them, & gave [them] to His disciples. And the disciples [gave them] to the multitude. |
And they all [ate,] & were filled. And they [collected] 7 full baskets of the broken meat, [a.k.a. food,] that was left. And [those, who ate,] were 4,000 men, beside women & children. And He sent away the multitude, & [boarded] ship, & came to the coasts of Magdala. |