Matthew · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Matthew 15 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Τότε προσέρχονται προς τον Ιησούν οι από Ιεροσολύμων γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι, λέγοντες·
1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
2 Διά τι οι μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν την παράδοσιν των πρεσβυτέρων; διότι δεν νίπτονται τας χείρας αυτών όταν τρώγωσιν άρτον.
2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτούς· Διά τι και σεις παραβαίνετε την εντολήν του Θεού διά την παράδοσίν σας;
3 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4 Διότι ο Θεός προσέταξε, λέγων· Τίμα τον πατέρα σου και την μητέρα· και, Ο κακολογών πατέρα ή μητέρα εξάπαντος να θανατόνηται·
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 σεις όμως λέγετε· Όστις είπη προς τον πατέρα ή προς την μητέρα, Δώρον είναι ό,τι ήθελες ωφεληθή εξ εμού, αρκεί, και δύναται να μη τιμήση τον πατέρα αυτού ή την μητέρα αυτού·
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 και ηκυρώσατε την εντολήν του Θεού διά την παράδοσίν σας.
6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
7 Υποκριταί, καλώς προεφήτευσε περί υμών ο Ησαΐας, λέγων·
7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 Ο λαός ούτος με πλησιάζει με το στόμα αυτών και με τα χείλη με τιμά, η δε καρδία αυτών μακράν απέχει απ' εμού.
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 Εις μάτην δε με σέβονται, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας, εντάλματα ανθρώπων.
9 And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
10 Και προσκαλέσας τον όχλον, είπε προς αυτούς· Ακούετε και νοείτε.
10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.
11 Δεν μολύνει τον άνθρωπον το εισερχόμενον εις το στόμα, αλλά το εξερχόμενον εκ του στόματος τούτο μολύνει τον άνθρωπον.
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 Τότε προσελθόντες οι μαθηταί αυτού, είπον προς αυτόν· Εξεύρεις ότι οι Φαρισαίοι ακούσαντες τον λόγον τούτον εσκανδαλίσθησαν;
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε· Πάσα φυτεία, την οποίαν δεν εφύτευσεν ο Πατήρ μου ο ουράνιος, θέλει εκριζωθή.
13 But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
14 Αφήσατε αυτούς· είναι οδηγοί τυφλοί τυφλών· τυφλός δε τυφλόν εάν οδηγή, αμφότεροι εις βόθρον θέλουσι πέσει.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Αποκριθείς δε ο Πέτρος είπε προς αυτόν· Εξήγησον εις ημάς την παραβολήν ταύτην.
15 Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 Και ο Ιησούς είπεν· Έτι και σεις ασύνετοι είσθε;
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
17 Δεν εννοείτε έτι ότι παν το εισερχόμενον εις το στόμα καταβαίνει εις την κοιλίαν και εκβάλλεται εις αφεδρώνα;
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
18 Τα δε εξερχόμενα εκ του στόματος εκ της καρδίας εξέρχονται, και εκείνα μολύνουσι τον άνθρωπον.
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
19 Διότι εκ της καρδίας εξέρχονται διαλογισμοί πονηροί, φόνοι, μοιχείαι, πορνείαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
20 Ταύτα είναι τα μολύνοντα τον άνθρωπον· το δε να φάγη τις με ανίπτους χείρας δεν μολύνει τον άνθρωπον.
20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
21 Και εξελθών εκείθεν ο Ιησούς ανεχώρησεν εις τα μέρη Τύρου και Σιδώνος.
21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Και ιδού, γυνή Χαναναία, εξελθούσα από των ορίων εκείνων, εκραύγασε προς αυτόν λέγουσα· Ελέησόν με, Κύριε, υιέ του Δαβίδ· η θυγάτηρ μου κακώς δαιμονίζεται.
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 Ο δε δεν απεκρίθη προς αυτήν λόγον. Και προσελθόντες οι μαθηταί αυτού, παρεκάλουν αυτόν, λέγοντες· Απόλυσον αυτήν, διότι κράζει όπισθεν ημών.
23 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”
24 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε· Δεν απεστάλην ειμή εις τα πρόβατα τα απολωλότα του οίκου Ισραήλ.
24 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 Η δε ελθούσα προσεκύνει αυτόν, λέγουσα· Κύριε, βοήθει μοι.
25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
26 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε· Δεν είναι καλόν να λάβη τις τον άρτον των τέκνων και να ρίψη εις τα κυνάρια.
26 But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
27 Η δε είπε· Ναι, Κύριε· αλλά και τα κυνάρια τρώγουσιν από των ψιχίων των πιπτόντων από της τραπέζης των κυρίων αυτών.
27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Τότε αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπε προς αυτήν· Ω γύναι, μεγάλη σου η πίστις· ας γείνη εις σε ως θέλεις. Και ιατρεύθη η θυγάτηρ αυτής από της ώρας εκείνης.
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 Και μεταβάς εκείθεν ο Ιησούς, ήλθε παρά την θάλασσαν της Γαλιλαίας, και αναβάς εις το όρος εκάθητο εκεί.
29 Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat there.
30 Και ήλθον προς αυτόν όχλοι πολλοί έχοντες μεθ' εαυτών χωλούς, τυφλούς, κωφούς, κουλλούς και άλλους πολλούς· και έρριψαν αυτούς εις τους πόδας του Ιησού, και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς·
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 ώστε οι όχλοι εθαύμασαν βλέποντες κωφούς λαλούντας, κουλλούς υγιείς, χωλούς περιπατούντας και τυφλούς βλέποντας· και εδόξασαν τον Θεόν του Ισραήλ.
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 Ο δε Ιησούς, προσκαλέσας τους μαθητάς αυτού, είπε· Σπλαγχνίζομαι διά τον όχλον, διότι τρεις ήδη ημέρας μένουσι πλησίον μου και δεν έχουσι τι να φάγωσι· και να απολύσω αυτούς νήστεις δεν θέλω, μήποτε αποκάμωσι καθ' οδόν.
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 Και λέγουσι προς αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού· Πόθεν εις ημάς εν τη ερημία άρτοι τόσοι, ώστε να χορτάσωμεν τόσον όχλον;
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 Και λέγει προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Πόσους άρτους έχετε; οι δε είπον· Επτά, και ολίγα οψαράκια.
34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 Και προσέταξε τους όχλους να καθήσωσιν επί την γην.
35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
36 Και λαβών τους επτά άρτους και τα οψάρια, αφού ευχαρίστησεν, έκοψε και έδωκεν εις τους μαθητάς αυτού, οι δε μαθηταί εις τον όχλον.
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 Και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν, και εσήκωσαν το περίσσευμα των κλασμάτων επτά σπυρίδας πλήρεις·
37 They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
38 οι δε τρώγοντες ήσαν τετρακισχίλιοι άνδρες εκτός γυναικών και παιδίων.
38 Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
39 Αφού δε απέλυσε τους όχλους, εισήλθεν εις το πλοίον και ήλθεν εις τα όρια Μαγδαλά.
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
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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)