Matthew 14:16-19:2 "They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat."

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ "They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat." ¹⁷ "We have nothing here," they replied, "except five loaves and two fishes." ¹⁸ "Bring them here to me," said Jesus. ¹⁹ Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds. ²⁰ And they all ate and were fully satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketfuls. ²¹ Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. ²² Then he made his disciples get aboard the boat and precede him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds. ²³ After he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain alone, to pray. When night came he was there alone. ²⁴ But the boat was already a long way from shore, buffeted by the waves, for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night he came toward them, walking upon the sea, ²⁶ but when the disciples saw him walking upon the sea, they were terrified. "It is a phantom," they said, and cried out for fear. ²⁷ But at once Jesus spoke to them, "Courage," he said, "it is I. Fear not." ²⁸ Peter answered, "Master, if it is you, bid me come to you upon the water." ²⁹ "Come," said Jesus. Then Peter got down from the boat and walked on the water to go to Jesus. ³⁰ But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and as he began to sink, he cried out, "Master, save me!" ³¹ At once Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, saying to him. "O little faith! What made you doubt?" ³² Then as they climbed into the boat the wind grew weary, ³³ and the men in the boat fell upon their knees before him, saying, "You are, indeed, the Son of God." ³⁴ Then they crossed over and came to land at Gennesaret; ³⁵ and when the men of that country recognized him, they sent into all the country round about, and brought to him all the sick, ³⁶ and kept begging him to let them touch the tassel of his cloak—and all who touched were completely cured. ¹⁵ ¹ Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, ² "Why do your disciples keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?" ³ "And why do you also keep transgressing the command of God by your tradition?" he asked. ⁴ "For God said, Honor your father and mother, and, Let him who reviles father or mother be put to death; ⁵ but you say that whoever tells his father or mother, 'Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is dedicated to God,' ⁶ is in no way bound to honor his father. Thus do you make void the word of God by your tradition! ⁷ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying. ⁸ This is a people that honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me. ⁹ In vain do they worship me, While they teach doctrines that are the commands of men." ¹⁰ Then Jesus called the people to him and said: ¹¹ "Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man." ¹² Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied. ¹³ "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. ¹⁴ "Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch." ¹⁵ Then Peter said to Jesus, "Explain the parable to us." ¹⁶ He answered. "Are even you still without understanding? ¹⁷ "Do you not know how all that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterward evacuated; ¹⁸ while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart—and that is what defiles a man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander. ²⁰ These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." ²¹ Jesus then left that place, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. ²² Behold, there came to him a Canaanite woman of those parts. She wailed loudly, saying. "Pity me, Lord, thou Son of David! My daughter is possessed of an evil spirit." ²³ But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us." ²⁴ In reply he said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." ²⁵ But the woman came and knelt to him and said, "Lord, do help me." ²⁶ He answered, "It is not seemly to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." ²⁷ "True, Lord," she said, "but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." ²⁸ Then Jesus answered her. "O woman, great is your faith. It shall be for you even as you desire." And from that hour her daughter was healed. ²⁹ On leaving that place Jesus went along the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and after climbing a hill, took his seat there. ³⁰ Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them; ³¹ so that the crowd wondered when they saw the dumb speaking, the cripples walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel. ³² But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road." ³³ "In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?" ³⁴ "How many loaves have you?" answered Jesus. They replied, "Seven, and a few small fish. ³⁵ So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground, ³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, then he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. ³⁷ And all ate and were satisfied, and of the fragments that remained they gathered seven large basketfuls. ³⁸ And those who ate numbered four thousand, besides the women and children. ³⁹ When he had sent the crowds away, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan. ¹⁶ ¹ Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and in order to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ² In answer he said: "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red as fire'; ³ and at dawn you say, 'It will storm today, for the sky is red and lowering.' You know how to discern the look of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot read. ⁴ A wicked and faithless generation is seeking a sign, but no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah." So he left them and went away. ⁵ When his disciples reached the other side of the lake, they had forgotten to bring bread. ⁶ Presently Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees." ⁷ And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, "It is because we did not bring any bread." ⁸ When Jesus knew it he said: "Weaklings in faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves, because you have no bread? ⁹ "Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many large basketfuls you took up? ¹⁰ "Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many large basketfuls you took up? ¹¹ "How is it that you do not perceive that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware off the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" ¹² Then they realized that he had not told them to beware of the leaven, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ¹³ When Jesus came into the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of man is?" ¹⁴ They replied, "Some say 'John the Baptist'; others, however, say that 'He is Elijah'; others, 'Jeremiah,' or 'One of the Prophets.'" ¹⁵ "And who do you say that I am?" he asked them. ¹⁶ So Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." ¹⁷ "Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah," said Jesus; "for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven! ¹⁸ "Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her. ¹⁹ "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose upon earth shall be loosed in the heavens." ²⁰ Then he enjoined his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. ²¹ After this Jesus the Christ began to show his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and chief priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again. ²² Then Peter took him aside and began to reprove him, saying. "God forbid, Master! That shall never befall you." ²³ But he turned and said to Peter. "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, because you are not intent on what pleases God, but what pleases men." ²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For he who wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, and his angels with him, and then will he reward each one in accordance with his actions. ²⁸ Solemnly I tell you, some of those who are standing here shall not taste death, till they have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ¹⁷ ¹ Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up a high mountain, by themselves apart. ² Here he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. ³ And behold! Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus. ⁴ Then Peter said to Jesus. "Master, it is good that we are here! If you are willing I will make here three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." ⁵ While he was yet speaking, behold! a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and a voice out of the cloud, saying. "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom is my delight. Listen to him." ⁶ When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. ⁷ But Jesus came to them and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear!" ⁸ And when they raised their eyes they saw no one save Jesus only. ⁹ While they were going down from the mountain, Jesus laid a command on them. "Speak to no man about the vision," he said, "until after the Son of man has been raised from the dead." ¹⁰ And his disciples asked him, saying, "Why then do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?" ¹¹ And he answered. "Elijah is coming, and will restore all things. ¹² "Nay, I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they chose. Even so the Son of man also is about to suffer at their hands." ¹³ Then the disciples divined that he had been speaking to them about John, the Baptist. ¹⁴ As they reached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and fell on his knees before him, saying. ¹⁵ "Master, take pity on my son, for he is an epileptic and sore distressed. Often he falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ "And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him." ¹⁷ In reply Jesus said: "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him here to me!" ¹⁸ Then Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, and it came out of him; and the boy was cured from that very hour. ¹⁹ Thereupon Jesus' disciples came to him and asked him privately, "Why were we not able to cast it out?" ²⁰ "Because of your little faith," he answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith the size of a mustard-seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from this place to that!' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. ²¹ "But this kind is driven out by prayer alone." ²² As they continued going from place to place in Galilee, Jesus said to them. "The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men; ²³ "and they will kill him, but on the third day he will rise again." And they were greatly grieved. ²⁴ As they came into Capernaum the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does not your Teacher pay the temple tax?" ²⁵ "Indeed he does," answered Peter. But on Peter's entering the house, Jesus forestalled him, saying. "How does it seem to you, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect customs or taxes—from their own people, or from aliens?" ²⁶ And when he replied, "From aliens," Jesus said: "Then their people go free. ²⁷ "Nevertheless, that we may not give offense, go to the seaside, throw in your hook; take the first fish that rises, and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel in it. Take it and give it to them for us both." ¹⁸ ¹ At that hour his disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Who is really greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" ² When he had called a little child to him, Jesus set him among them, and answered. ³ "In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and become like little children, you will not even enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ "Whoever therefore will humble himself like this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven; ⁵ "and whoever receives one such child for my sake, receives me. ⁶ "But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung about his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea. ⁷ "Woe unto the world because of such stumbling-blocks! They will surely come, but woe unto each man by whom they come! ⁸ "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, than to keep both hands or both feet and be cast into the everlasting burning. ⁹ "If your eye keeps causing you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with only one eye, than to keep both eyes and be cast into the Gehenna of fire. ¹⁰ "See to it that you never despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father in heaven. ¹¹ "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. ¹² "How does it seem to you, when a man has a hundred sheep and loses one of them? Will he not leave the ninety and nine on the hills, to go and search for the one that has strayed? ¹³ "And if he succeeds in finding it, I tell you solemnly that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine that never strayed away. ¹⁴ "Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. ¹⁵ "If your brother sins against you, go and show him, between yourself and him alone. If he listens, you have won your brother. ¹⁶ "But if he will not listen to you, take one or two others along, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be established. If he will not listen to them, tell the church; ¹⁷ "but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer. ¹⁸ "I tell you all in solemn truth that whatever you forbid upon earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven. ¹⁹ "And again I tell you that if two of you on earth symphonize your praying concerning anything for which you have asked, it shall be done for you by my Father in heaven. ²⁰ "For wherever there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I among them." ²¹ Just then Peter came to him, and asked him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?" ²² "I do not tell you 'till seven times,'" answered Jesus, "but till seventy times seven. ²³ "Thus the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴ "But when he began to settle, one of them was brought before him who owed him fifteen million dollars. ²⁵ "And since he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, toward the payment of the debt. ²⁶ "Thereupon his slave threw himself on his knees before him, crying, "'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all!' ²⁷ "So then the master pitied his slave, and let him go, and forgave him his debt. ²⁸ "But on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "'Pay me what you owe me!' ²⁹ "Then his fellow slave fell at his feet, and besought him, saying, "'Be patient with me, and I will pay you.' ³⁰ "But he would not; on the contrary he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt. ³¹ "When therefore his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very angry; and they went and explained to their master all that had happened. ³² "Immediately his master summoned him and said: "'You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me. ³³ "'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?' ³⁴ "Then in hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, until he should pay him all his debt. ³⁵ "So will my heavenly Father do to you also, unless from your heart each one of you forgive his brother." ¹⁹ ¹ It came about after Jesus had finished these teachings, that he removed from Galilee, and went to that part of Judea which lay across the Jordan. ² A great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.