The Tradition of the Elders (Matthew 15:1–9)
2 TNT And when they sawe certayne of his disciples eate breed with comen hondes (that is to saye with vnwesshen hondes) they complayned. BSB BSB: and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
3 TNT For the pharises and all the Iewes excepte they washe their hondes ofte eate not observinge the tradicions of the elders. BSB BSB: Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
4 TNT And when they come from the market except they washe they eate not. And many other thinges ther be which they have taken apon them to observe as the wasshinge of cuppes and cruses and of brasen vessels and of tables. BSB BSB: And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.
5 TNT Then axed him the pharises and scribes why walke not thy disciples accordinge to the tradicions of the elders but eate breede with vnweshen hondes? BSB BSB: So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
6 TNT He answered and sayde vnto them: well prophesied Esaias of you ypocrites as it is writte: This people honoreth me with their lyppes but their hert is farre from me: BSB BSB: Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
7 TNT In vayne they worshippe me teachinge doctryns which are nothinge but the comaundementes of men. BSB BSB: They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
8 TNT For ye laye the commaundement of God aparte and observe the tradicions of men as the wesshinge of cruses and of cuppes and many other suche lyke thinges ye do. BSB BSB: You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
10 TNT For Moses sayde: Honoure thy father and thy mother: and whosoever cursseth father or mother let him dye for it. BSB BSB: For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
11 TNT But ye saye: a man shall saye to father or mother Corban: which is: that thou desyrest of me to helpe the with is geven God. BSB BSB: But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
12 TNT And so ye soffre him no more to do ought for his father or his mother BSB BSB: he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
13 TNT makinge the worde of God of none effecte through youre awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many soche thinges ye do. BSB BSB: Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
What Defiles a Man (Matthew 15:10–20)
15 TNT There is no thinge with out a man that can defyle him when it entreth into him: but thoo thinges which procede out of him are those which defyle the man. BSB BSB: Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
16 TNT If eny man have eares to heare let him heare BSB BSB: Not in the BSB
17 TNT And when he came to house awaye from the people his disciples axed him of the similitude. BSB BSB: After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
19 TNT because it entrith not in to his hert but into the belly: and goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates. BSB BSB: because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
20 TNT And he sayde: that defileth a man which cometh oute of a man. BSB BSB: He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
21 TNT For from with in even oute of the herte of men proceade evill thoughtes: advantry fornicacion murder BSB BSB: For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
22 TNT theeft coveteousnes wickednes diceyte vnclennes and a wicked eye blasphemy pryde folysshnes: BSB BSB: greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
23 TNT all these evyll thinges come from with in and defile a man. BSB BSB: All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
The Faith of the Gentile Woman (Matthew 15:21–28)
24 TNT And from thence he rose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon and entred into an housse and wolde that no man should have knowen: But he coulde not be hyd. BSB BSB: Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.
25 TNT For a certayne woman whose doughter had a foule sprete hearde of him and came and fell at his fete. BSB BSB: Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.
26 TNT The woman was a Greke oute of Syrophenicia and she besought him that he wolde caste out the devyll oute of her doughter. BSB BSB: Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
28 TNT She answered and sayde vnto him: even soo master neverthelesse the whelppes also eate vnder the table of the chyldrens cromes. BSB BSB: “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
30 TNT And when she was come home to her housse she founde the devyll departed and her doughter lyinge on the beed. BSB BSB: And she went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
The Deaf and Mute Man (Matthew 9:27–34)
31 TNT And he departed agayne from the coostes of Tyre and Sidon and came vnto the see of Galile thorowe the middes of the coostos of the .x. cities. BSB BSB: Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
32 TNT And they brought vnto him one that was deffe and stambred in his speche and prayde him to laye his honde apon him. BSB BSB: Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
33 TNT And he toke him asyde from the people and put his fyngers in his eares and dyd spyt and touched his tounge BSB BSB: So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
34 TNT and loked vp to heven and sygthed and sayde vnto him: ephatha that is to saye be openned. BSB BSB: And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
35 TNT And streyght waye his eares were openned and the stringe of his tounge was loosed and he spake playne. BSB BSB: Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
36 TNT And he commaunded them that they shuld tell no man. But the more he forbad them soo moche the more a greate deale they publesshed it: BSB BSB: Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
37 TNT and were beyonde measure astonyed sayinge: He hath done all thinges well and hath made booth the deffe to heare and the dome to speake. BSB BSB: The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”