Matthew · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Matthew 15 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Entonces se acercaron a Jesús unos escribas y fariseos de Jerusalén, diciendo:
1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
2 ¿Por qué tus discípulos quebrantan la tradición de los ancianos? Porque no se lavan las manos cuando comen.
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 Él les respondió: ¿Y por qué ustedes quebrantan el mandamiento de Dios por causa de su tradición?
3 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4 Porque Dios mandó: Honra a tu padre y a tu madre; y también: El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre, muera sin falta.
4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
5 Pero ustedes dicen: Cualquiera que diga a su padre o a su madre: Lo que podía ayudarte ya lo he dado como ofrenda a Dios,
5 But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
6 ya no tiene que honrar a su padre o a su madre. Así ustedes han dejado sin fuerza la palabra de Dios por causa de su tradición.
6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
7 Hipócritas, bien profetizó Isaías acerca de ustedes, diciendo:
7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 Este pueblo se acerca a mí con su boca y me honra con sus labios, pero su corazón está lejos de mí.
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 En vano me adoran, enseñando como doctrinas mandamientos de hombres.
9 And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
10 Luego llamó a la gente y les dijo: Escuchen y entiendan:
10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.
11 No es lo que entra por la boca lo que contamina a la persona, sino lo que sale de la boca; eso contamina a la persona.
11 That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
12 Entonces los discípulos se acercaron y le dijeron: ¿Sabes que los fariseos se ofendieron al oír estas palabras?
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 Pero él respondió: Toda planta que no plantó mi Padre celestial será arrancada de raíz.
13 But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
14 Déjenlos. Son guías ciegos. Y si un ciego guía a otro ciego, ambos caerán en el hoyo.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Pedro le dijo: Explícanos esta parábola.
15 Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 Jesús dijo: ¿También ustedes siguen sin entender?
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
17 ¿No entienden que todo lo que entra por la boca va al estómago y luego sale del cuerpo?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
18 Pero lo que sale de la boca viene del corazón, y eso contamina a la persona.
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
19 Porque del corazón salen malos pensamientos, homicidios, adulterios, inmoralidad sexual, robos, falsos testimonios y blasfemias.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
20 Estas cosas son las que contaminan a la persona; pero comer sin lavarse las manos no contamina a la persona.
20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
21 Jesús salió de allí y se fue a la región de Tiro y Sidón.
21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Entonces una mujer cananea que había salido de aquella región comenzó a gritar: ¡Señor, Hijo de David, ten misericordia de mí! Mi hija está muy atormentada por un demonio.
22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
23 Pero Jesús no le respondió palabra. Sus discípulos se acercaron y le rogaron: Despídela, porque viene gritando detrás de nosotros.
23 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”
24 Él respondió: No fui enviado sino a las ovejas perdidas de la casa de Israel.
24 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 Pero ella vino, se postró ante él y dijo: ¡Señor, ayúdame!
25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
26 Él respondió: No está bien tomar el pan de los hijos y echarlo a los perritos.
26 But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
27 Ella dijo: Sí, Señor; pero aun los perritos comen las migajas que caen de la mesa de sus amos.
27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Entonces Jesús le respondió: Mujer, grande es tu fe. Que se haga contigo como quieres. Y su hija fue sanada desde ese momento.
28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
29 Jesús salió de allí y llegó junto al mar de Galilea. Luego subió al monte y se sentó allí.
29 Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat there.
30 Se acercó a él mucha gente, trayendo cojos, ciegos, mudos, mancos y muchos otros enfermos. Los pusieron a los pies de Jesús, y él los sanó.
30 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
31 La gente se maravillaba al ver que los mudos hablaban, los mancos quedaban sanos, los cojos caminaban y los ciegos veían; y glorificaban al Dios de Israel.
31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Jesús llamó a sus discípulos y dijo: Tengo compasión de la gente, porque ya hace tres días que están conmigo y no tienen qué comer. No quiero enviarlos en ayunas, no sea que se desmayen en el camino.
32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
33 Sus discípulos le dijeron: ¿De dónde conseguiremos en este lugar desierto tantos panes para alimentar a tanta gente?
33 The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”
34 Jesús les dijo: ¿Cuántos panes tienen? Ellos respondieron: Siete, y unos pocos pescaditos.
34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 Entonces mandó a la gente que se sentara en el suelo.
35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
36 Tomó los siete panes y los pescados, dio gracias, los partió y los dio a sus discípulos; y los discípulos los dieron a la gente.
36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
37 Todos comieron y quedaron satisfechos. Y recogieron lo que sobró: siete canastas llenas.
37 They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
38 Los que comieron fueron cuatro mil hombres, sin contar mujeres y niños.
38 Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
39 Después de despedir a la gente, Jesús subió a la barca y fue a la región de Magadán.
39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
Cross references (38)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 5:30; Mark 3:22; Luke 5:21; Matthew 23:2; Acts 23:9
- 2 Mark 7:2; Luke 11:38; Colossians 2:8; Colossians 2:20–23; Mark 7:5
- 3 Colossians 2:23; Titus 1:14; Colossians 2:8; Mark 7:6–8; Matthew 7:3–5
- 4 Exodus 20:12; Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9; Deuteronomy 21:18–21; Deuteronomy 5:16
- 5 Mark 7:10–13; Acts 5:29; Matthew 23:16–18; Amos 7:15–17; Acts 4:19
- 6 1 Timothy 5:8; Jeremiah 8:8; Mark 7:13; Psalm 119:126; 1 Timothy 5:16
- 7 Mark 7:6; Matthew 23:23–29; Acts 28:25–27; Matthew 7:5
- 8 Isaiah 29:13; Ezekiel 33:31; Acts 8:21; 1 Peter 3:10; Jeremiah 12:2
- 9 Isaiah 29:13; Mark 7:7; 1 Timothy 1:4; Titus 1:14; Colossians 2:18–22
- 10 Mark 7:14–15; Colossians 1:9; Luke 20:45–47; Luke 24:45; Matthew 24:15
- 11 Mark 7:15; Matthew 15:18–20; James 3:5–8; Matthew 12:34–37; 1 Timothy 4:4–5
- 12 1 Corinthians 10:32–33; 1 Kings 22:13–14; Matthew 17:27; 2 Corinthians 6:3; James 3:17
- 13 John 15:2; Isaiah 60:21; John 15:6; Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 92:13
- 14 Luke 6:39; Isaiah 56:10; Matthew 23:16–24; Isaiah 9:16; Malachi 2:8
- 15 Matthew 13:36; Mark 7:17; John 16:29; Mark 4:34
- 16 Matthew 16:9; Mark 9:32; Mark 7:18; Luke 9:45; Matthew 15:10
- 17 Luke 6:45; 1 Corinthians 6:13; Matthew 7:19–20; James 3:6; Colossians 2:21–22
- 18 Proverbs 15:28; Matthew 12:34; James 3:6–10; Matthew 15:11; Proverbs 15:2
- 19 Mark 7:21–23; Galatians 5:19–21; Jeremiah 17:9; James 1:13–15; Titus 3:2–6
- 20 Mark 7:3–4; 1 Corinthians 3:16–17; Luke 11:38–40; Ephesians 5:3–6; Revelation 21:8
- 21 Mark 7:24–30; Matthew 11:21–23; Joshua 13:6; Judges 1:31; Joshua 19:28–29
- 22 Matthew 9:27; Mark 7:25–26; Matthew 17:15; Psalm 45:12; Psalm 4:1
- 23 Matthew 14:15; Genesis 42:7; Psalm 28:1; Lamentations 3:8; Mark 10:47–48
- 24 Matthew 10:5–6; Romans 15:8; Acts 13:46; Jeremiah 50:6–7; Ezekiel 34:5–6
- 25 Genesis 32:26; Mark 9:22; Matthew 20:31; Hosea 12:4; Matthew 14:33
- 26 Mark 7:27–28; Matthew 7:6; Philippians 3:2; Ephesians 2:12; Galatians 2:15
- 27 Ephesians 3:8; Luke 16:21; Romans 10:12; 1 Timothy 1:13–15; Job 40:4–5
- 28 Mark 9:23–24; Matthew 8:13; Psalm 145:19; Mark 5:34; Matthew 9:22
- 29 Matthew 4:18; Matthew 5:1; John 6:1; Matthew 15:29–31; Luke 5:1
- 30 Luke 6:17–19; Acts 5:15–16; Matthew 14:35–36; Acts 19:11–12; Isaiah 35:5–6
- 31 Matthew 9:8; Luke 18:43; Genesis 32:28; Luke 17:15–18; Luke 7:16
- 32 Matthew 9:36; Luke 12:29–30; Acts 27:33; Mark 8:1–10; Matthew 14:14–21
- 33 Luke 9:13; Matthew 14:15; Mark 6:37; John 6:5–9; Mark 8:4–5
- 34 Matthew 16:9–10; Luke 24:41–42; John 21:9–10
- 35 Mark 6:39–40; John 6:10; Luke 9:14–16; Matthew 14:19–21
- 36 Luke 22:19; Romans 14:6; John 6:11; Acts 27:35; 1 Timothy 4:3–4
- 37 Matthew 14:20–21; Psalm 107:9; Mark 8:19–21; Mark 8:8–9; Matthew 15:33
- 39 Mark 8:10; Matthew 14:22
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This woman of Canaan, who has just now been brought before us in the lesson of the Gospel, shows us an example of humility, and the way of godliness; shows us how to rise from humility unto exaltation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Then; when? when He had wrought His countless miracles; when He had healed the infirm by the touch of the hem of His garment. For even with this intent doth the evangelist mark the time, that He might signify their unspeakable wickedness, by nothing repressed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me." And again: "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart." And again it saith, "They loved Him with their mouth, and lied to Him with their tongue; but their heart was not right with Him, neither …
… the simple command of God; that is, they set up a spurious law, and one contrary to the [true] law; as also the Lord made plain, when He said to them, "Why do ye transgress the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition?" For not only by actual transgression did they set the law of God at nought, …
For He says in the Gospel, "I am not sent save to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," which He here compared to the pupil of God's eye, to signify the profoundest love.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)