Matthew 14:16-19:2 Yet Jesus said to them, "They have no need to be coming away. You give them something to eat."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ Yet Jesus said to them, "They have no need to be coming away. You give them something to eat." ¹⁷ Yet they are saying to Him, "Nothing have we here except five cakes of bread and two fishes." ¹⁸ Now He said, "Bring them here to Me." ¹⁹ And, ordering the throngs to recline on the grass, taking the five cakes of bread and the two fishes, looking up into heaven, He blesses them, and, breaking them, He gives the cakes of bread to the disciples, yet the disciples to the throngs." ²⁰ And they all ate and are satisfied. And they pick up of the superfluous fragments twelve panniers full. ²¹ Now those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and little children." ²² And immediately he compels His disciples to step into the ship and to be preceding Him to the other side, till He should be dismissing the throngs." ²³ And, dismissing the throngs, He ascended into the mountain privately to pray. Now, evening coming on, He was there alone." ²⁴ Now the ship was already many stadia away from the land, in the midst of the sea, being tormented by the billows, for the wind was contrary." ²⁵ Now in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea." ²⁶ Now the disciples, perceiving Him walking on the sea, were disturbed, saying that "It is a phantom!And from fear they cry out." ²⁷ Now straightway Jesus speaks to them, saying, "Courage! It is I. Fear not!" ²⁸ Yet, answering Him, Peter said, "Lord, if it is Thou, order me to come to Thee on the waters." ²⁹ Now He said, "Come!And, descending from the ship, Peter walks on the waters, to come to Jesus." ³⁰ Yet, observing the strong wind, he was afraid. And, beginning to sink, he cries, saying, "Lord, save me!" ³¹ Now immediately Jesus, stretching out His hand, got hold of him and is saying to him, "Scant of faith, why do you hesitate? ³² And at their going up into the ship, the wind flags." ³³ Now those in the ship worship Him, saying, "Truly, God's Son art Thou!" ³⁴ And, ferrying, they came to land, to Gennesaret." ³⁵ And, recognizing Him, the men of that place dispatch into that whole country about, and they bring to Him all those who have an illness." ³⁶ And they entreated Him that they should only be touching the tassel of His cloak. And whoever touch it were brought safely through. ¹⁵ ¹ Then, coming to Jesus from Jerusalem are Pharisees and scribes, saying, ² Wherefore are your disciples transgressing the tradition of the elders? For they are not washing their hands whenever they may be eating bread." ³ Now He, answering, said to them, "Wherefore are you also transgressing the precept of God because of your tradition? ⁴ For God said, 'Honor father and mother,' and, 'He who is saying aught that is evil of father or mother, let him decease in death.'" ⁵ Yet you are saying that 'Whoever may be saying to father or mother, "An approach present is whatsoever you may be benefited by me, ⁶ by no means shall he be honoring his father.' And you invalidate the word of God because of your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites! Ideally Isaiah prophesies concerning you, saying, ⁸ This people with their lips is honoring Me, Yet their heart is away at a distance from Me." ⁹ Yet in vain are they revering Me, Teaching for teachings the directions of men." ¹⁰ And, calling the throng to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand!" ¹¹ Not that which is entering into the mouth is contaminating a man, but that which is going out of the mouth, this is contaminating a man." ¹² Then, approaching, the disciples said to Him, "Are you aware that the Pharisees, at hearing the word, are snared? ¹³ Now He, answering, said, "Every plant which is not planted by My heavenly Father shall be uprooted." ¹⁴ Leave them! Blind guides are they of the blind! Now if the blind should be guiding the blind, both shall be falling into a pit." ¹⁵ Now, answering, Peter said to Him, "Decipher for us the parable." ¹⁶ Yet He said, "Are you also unintelligent at this point? ¹⁷ Not as yet are you apprehending that everything that is going into the mouth is becoming the contents of the bowels, and is being evacuated into the latrine? ¹⁸ Now those things going out of the mouth, out of the heart are coming, and those things are contaminating a man." ¹⁹ For out of the heart are coming wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, prostitutions, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies." ²⁰ These are those which are contaminating a man. Now to be eating with unwashed hands is not contaminating a man." ²¹ And, coming out thence, Jesus retires into parts of Tyre and Sidon." ²² And lo! a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those boundaries, cried, saying, "Be merciful to me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is evilly demonized." ²³ Yet He answered her not a word. And, approaching, His disciples asked Him, saying, "Dismiss her, for she is crying behind us." ²⁴ Now He, answering, said, "I was not commissioned except for the lost sheep of the house of Israel." ²⁵ Yet she, coming, worships Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" ²⁶ Yet He, answering, said, "It is not ideal to be taking the children's bread and to be casting it to the puppies." ²⁷ Yet she said, "Yes, Lord! For the puppies also are eating of the scraps that are falling from their masters' table." ²⁸ Then, answering, Jesus said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it come to be with you as you are wanting.And healed was her daughter from that hour." ²⁹ And, proceeding thence, Jesus came beside the sea of Galilee. And, ascending into the mountain, He sat there." ³⁰ And there came to Him vast throngs, having with them the lame, the blind, the mute, the maimed, and many others. And they toss them at His feet, and he cures them, ³¹ so that the throng marvels, observing the mute speaking, the maimed sound, the lame walking and the blind observing. And they glorify the God of Israel." ³² Now Jesus, calling His disciples to Him, said, "I have compassion on the throng, for already three days they are remaining with Me, and they have nothing that they may be eating, and I am not willing to dismiss them fasting, lest at some time they may be fainting on the road." ³³ And the disciples are saying to Him, "From whence, in a wilderness, is so much bread for us, so as to satisfy so much of a throng? ³⁴ And Jesus is saying to them, "How many cakes of bread have you?Now they said, "Seven, and a few small fishes." ³⁵ And, charging the throng to lean back on the earth, ³⁶ He took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes, and, giving thanks, He breaks them and gave them to the disciples, yet the disciples to the throngs." ³⁷ And they all ate and are satisfied. And of the superfluous fragments they pick up seven hampers full. ³⁸ Now those eating were about four thousand men, apart from women and little children." ³⁹ And, dismissing the throngs, He stepped into the ship and came into the boundaries of Magadan." ¹⁶ ¹ And, approaching, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, trying Him, inquire to have Him exhibit a sign out of heaven to them." ² Now He, answering, said to them, ³ - ⁴ A generation, wicked and an adulteress, for a sign is seeking, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah.And leaving them, He came away." ⁵ And the disciples, coming to the other side, forgot to get bread." ⁶ Now Jesus said to them, "See and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" ⁷ Now they reasoned among themselves, saying that "We got no bread." ⁸ Now, knowing it, Jesus said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, scant of faith, that you have no bread? ⁹ Not as yet are you apprehending, neither remembering the five cakes of bread of the five thousand and how many panniers you got? ¹⁰ Neither the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand and how many hampers you got? ¹¹ How is it you are not apprehending that I spoke not to you concerning bread? Now take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." ¹² Then they understand that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees." ¹³ Now Jesus, coming into parts of Caesarea Philippi, asked His disciples, saying, "Who are men saying the Son of Mankind is? ¹⁴ Now they say, "These, indeed, John the baptist; yet others Elijah; yet others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." ¹⁵ He is saying to them, "Now you, who are you saying that I am? ¹⁶ Now answering, Simon Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." ¹⁷ Now, answering, Jesus said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood does not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in the heavens." ¹⁸ Now I, also, am saying to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will I be building My ecclesia, and the gates of the unseen shall not be prevailing against it." ¹⁹ I will be giving you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatsoever you should be binding on the earth shall be those things having been bound in the heavens, and whatsoever you should be loosing on the earth, shall be those having been loosed in the heavens." ²⁰ Then He cautions the disciples that they may be saying to no one that He is the Christ. ²¹ Thenceforth begins Jesus to show His disciples that He must be coming away into Jerusalem and to be suffering much from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be roused." ²² And, taking Him to him, Peter begins to rebuke Him, saying, "Propitious be it to Thee, Lord! By no means shall this be for Thee!" ²³ Now, being turned, He said to Peter, "Go away behind Me, satan! A snare are you to Me, for you are not disposed to that which is of God, but that which is of men." ²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone is wanting to come after Me, let him renounce himself and pick up his cross and follow Me." ²⁵ For whosoever may be wanting to save his soul shall be destroying it. Yet whoever should be destroying his soul on My account shall be finding it. 26 For what will a man be benefited, if he should ever be gaining the whole world, yet be forfeiting his soul? Or what will a man be giving in exchange for his soul? ²⁶ For the Son of Mankind is about to be coming in the glory of His Father, with His messengers, and then He will be paying each in accord with his practice." ²⁷ Verily I am saying to you that there are some of those standing here who under no circumstances should be tasting death till they should be perceiving the Son of Mankind coming in His kingdom." ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days Jesus is taking aside Peter and James and John, his brother, and is bringing them up into a high mountain, privately, ² and was transformed in front of them. And His face shines as the sun, yet His garments became white as the light." ³ And lo! Moses and Elijah were seen by them, conferring with Him." ⁴ Now, answering, Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is ideal for us to be here! If Thou art willing, I shall be making three tabernacles here, for Thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one." ⁵ While he is still speaking, lo! a luminous cloud overshadows them, and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My Son, the Beloved, in Whom I delight. Hear Him!" ⁶ And, hearing it, the disciples fall on their faces and were tremendously afraid." ⁷ And Jesus approached and, touching them, said, "Be roused, and fear not!" ⁸ Now, lifting up their eyes, they perceived no one except Jesus Himself only." ⁹ And, at their descending out of the mountain, Jesus directs them, saying, "Now you may tell no one of the vision till the Son of Mankind may be roused from among the dead." ¹⁰ And His disciples inquire of Him, saying, 'Why, then, are the scribes saying that Elijah must be coming first? ¹¹ Now He, answering, said to them that "Elijah is indeed coming, and will be restoring all." ¹² Yet I am saying to you that Elijah came already, and they did not recognize him, but they do to him whatever they will. Thus the Son of Mankind also is about to be suffering by them." ¹³ Then the disciples understand that He spoke to them concerning John the baptist. ¹⁴ And, at their coming to the throng, a man came to Him, falling on his knees before Him and saying, ¹⁵ Lord, be merciful to my son, for he is epileptic, and is having an evil time! For often he is falling into the fire and often into the water." ¹⁶ And I bring him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him." ¹⁷ Now then answering, Jesus said to them, "O generation unbelieving and perverse! Till when shall I be with you? Till when shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me." ¹⁸ And Jesus rebukes it, and the demon came out from him, and the boy was cured from that hour." ¹⁹ Then the disciples, coming to Jesus privately, said, "Wherefore could we not cast it out? ²⁰ Now He is saying to them, "Because of your scant faith. For verily I am saying to you, If you should have faith as a kernel of mustard, you shall be declaring to this mountain, 'Proceed hence-there!' and it will be proceeding. And nothing will be impossible for you." ²¹ - ²² Now at their conspiring in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Mankind is about to be given up into the hands of men, ²³ and they will be killing Him, and the third day He will be roused.And they were tremendously sorry." ²⁴ Now at their coming into Capernaum, those getting the double drachma came to Peter and say, "Is not your teacher settling the double drachma tribute? ²⁵ He is saying, "Yes.And, coming into the house, Jesus forestalls him, saying, "What are you supposing, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom are they getting tribute or poll tax? From their sons, or from the aliens? ²⁶ Now he averred, "From the aliens.Now at his saying "From the aliens,Jesus averred to him, "Consequently the sons, surely, are free." ²⁷ Yet, lest we should be snaring them, go, cast a fish hook into the sea, and pick up the first fish coming up, and opening its mouth, you will be finding a stater. Getting that, give it to them for Me and you." ¹⁸ ¹ Now in that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who, consequently, is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens? ² And, calling a little child to Him, He stands it in their midst, ³ and said, "Verily, I am saying to you, If you should not be turning and becoming as little children, you may by no means be entering into the kingdom of the heavens." ⁴ Who, then, will be humbling himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens." ⁵ And whosoever should be receiving one such little child in My name is receiving Me. ⁶ Yet whoever should be snaring one of these little ones who is believing in Me, it is expedient for him that a millstone requiring an ass to turn it may be hanged about his neck, and he should be sunk in the open ocean." ⁷ Woe to the world because of snares! For it is a necessity for snares to be coming. Moreover, woe to that man through whom the snare is coming!" ⁸ Now, if your hand or your foot is snaring you, strike it off and cast it from you. Is it ideal for you to be entering into life maimed or lame, or, having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the fire eonian? ⁹ And if your eye is snaring you, wrench it out and cast it from you. Is it ideal for you to be entering into life one-eyed, or, having two eyes, to be cast into the Gehenna of fire? ¹⁰ See that you should not be despising one of these little ones, for I am saying to you that their messengers in the heavens are continually observing the face of My Father Who is in the heavens." ¹¹ - ¹² What are you supposing? If it should be occurring to any man, with a hundred sheep, that even one of them should be led astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine sheep on the mountains, and go and seek the one which is straying? ¹³ And if he should come to find it, verily, I am saying to you that he is rejoicing over it, rather than over the ninety-nine that have not strayed." ¹⁴ Thus it is not the will in front of your Father Who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should be perishing. ¹⁵ Now, if ever your brother should be sinning, go and expose him between you and him alone. If ever he should be hearing you, you gain your brother." ¹⁶ Yet if ever he should not be hearing, take still one or two others along with you, that at the mouth of two witnesses, or of three, every declaration may be made to stand." ¹⁷ Now, if ever he should be disobeying them, tell it to the ecclesia. Now, if ever he should be disobeying the ecclesia also, let him be to you even as the man of the nations, and the tribute collector." ¹⁸ Verily, I am saying to you, Whatsoever you should be binding on the earth shall be those things having been bound in the heavens, and whatsoever you should be loosing on the earth shall be those loose in heaven." ¹⁹ Again, verily, I am saying to you that, if ever two of you should be agreeing on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it is they should be requesting shall be coming to them from My Father Who is in the heavens." ²⁰ For where two or three are, gathered in My name, there am I in the midst of them." ²¹ Then, approaching, Peter said to Him, "Lord, how many times shall my brother be sinning against me and I shall be pardoning him? Till seven times? ²² Jesus is saying to him, "I am not saying to you 'Till seven times,' but 'Till seventy times and seven,'" ²³ Therefore likened was the kingdom of the heavens to a man, a king, who wants to settle accounts with his slaves." ²⁴ Now, at his beginning to settle, one debtor was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents." ²⁵ Now, at his not having wherewith to pay, the lord orders him to be disposed of, and his wife and children and all, whatever he has, and payment to be made." ²⁶ Falling down, then, that slave worshiped him, saying, Lord, be patient with me, and I will pay you all!'" ²⁷ Now, having compassion, the lord of that slave dismisses him, and remits his loan." ²⁸ Yet, coming out, that slave found one of his fellow slaves, who owed him a hundred denarii, and, holding him, he choked him, saying, 'Pay, if you are owing anything!" ²⁹ Falling down, then, his fellow slave entreated him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you all!'" ³⁰ Yet he would not, but, coming away, he casts him into jail, till he may pay what he is owing." ³¹ Then his fellow slaves, perceiving what is occurring, were tremendously sorry, and coming, they elucidate to their lord all that is occurring." ³² Then his lord, calling him to him, is saying to him, 'Wicked slave! That entire debt I remit to you, since you entreat me." ³³ Was it not binding on you also to be merciful to your fellow slave, as I also am merciful to you?'" ³⁴ And, being indignant, his lord gives him up to the tormentors till he may pay all he is owing him." ³⁵ Thus shall My heavenly Father also be doing to you, if each one should not be pardoning his brother, from your hearts." ¹⁹ ¹ And it occurred, when Jesus finishes these sayings, He withdraws from Galilee and came into the boundaries of Judea, the other side of the Jordan." ² And vast throngs follow Him, and He cures them there."