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 <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1">What Makes People Unclean?</div><div class="p"> 1Some Pharisees and teachers of the law came from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They complained, 2&#8220;Why don&#8217;t your disciples follow what the elders teach? They don&#8217;t wash their hands before they eat!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 3Jesus answered, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you follow God&#8217;s commands instead of your own teachings? 4God said, &#8216;Honor your father and mother.&#8217; God also said, &#8216;Anyone who asks for bad things to happen to their father or mother must be put to death.&#8217; 5Suppose someone has money they could use to help their parents. You tell them they can say it&#8217;s &#8216;a gift set apart only for God.&#8217; 6Then they don&#8217;t need to use that money to honor their father or mother. If the word of God clashes with your own teachings, you say it doesn&#8217;t apply. 7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you,</div><div class="q1"> 8&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;These people honor me with their mouths,</div><div class="q2">but their hearts are far away from me.</div><div class="q1"> 9It&#8217;s useless for them to worship me,</div><div class="q2">because they&#8217;re teaching only human rules.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, &#8220;Listen and understand. 11What goes into a person&#8217;s mouth doesn&#8217;t make them unclean. What comes out of their mouth does.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 12Then the disciples came to him and said, &#8220;Did you know that the Pharisees got angry when they heard that?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 13Jesus replied, &#8220;Every plant that my heavenly Father hasn&#8217;t planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14Don&#8217;t worry about the Pharisees. They&#8217;re blind guides. If one blind person leads another, they&#8217;ll both fall into a pit.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 15Peter asked, &#8220;But what did you mean by what you said?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 16&#8220;Don&#8217;t you understand yet?&#8221; Jesus replied. 17&#8220;Don&#8217;t you see? Everything that enters the mouth goes into the stomach, and from there it goes out of the body. 18But the things that come out of a person&#8217;s mouth come from the heart. Those are the things that make someone unclean. 19Out of a person&#8217;s heart come cruel thoughts, murder, adultery, other sexual sins, stealing, false testimony, and lies. 20Those are the things that make you unclean. But eating without washing your hands doesn&#8217;t make you unclean.&#8221;</div><div class="s1">The Faith of a Canaanite Woman</div><div class="p"> 21Jesus left Galilee and went to the area of Tyre and Sidon. 22A Canaanite woman who lived near there came to him and cried out, &#8220;Lord! Son of David! Have mercy on me! A demon has been controlling my daughter and making her suffer terribly.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 23Jesus didn&#8217;t say a word. So his disciples came and begged him, &#8220;Tell her to go away! She keeps following us and crying out for help.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 24Jesus answered, &#8220;I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 25Then the woman fell on her knees in front of him. &#8220;Lord! Help me!&#8221; she said.</div><div class="p"> 26He replied, &#8220;It&#8217;s not right to take the children&#8217;s bread and throw it out to the dogs.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 27&#8220;That&#8217;s true, Lord,&#8221; she said, &#8220;but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their owner&#8217;s table.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 28Then Jesus said to her, &#8220;Woman, you have great faith! You will receive what you&#8217;ve asked for.&#8221; And her daughter was healed at that moment.</div><div class="s1">Jesus Feeds Four Thousand</div><div class="p"> 29Jesus left there and walked along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. 30Large crowds came to him, bringing people who were blind, who couldn&#8217;t walk, who were disabled, who couldn&#8217;t speak, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them. Those who couldn&#8217;t speak started speaking, those with disabilities were made well, those who couldn&#8217;t walk started walking, and those who were blind became able to see. 31The people were amazed when they saw all this, and they praised the God of Israel.</div><div class="p"> 32Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, &#8220;I&#8217;m concerned for these people because they&#8217;ve already been with me for three days and they&#8217;ve run out of food to eat. I don&#8217;t want to send them away hungry, because if I do, they may be too weak to make it back home.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 33His disciples answered, &#8220;Where could we get enough bread to feed this large crowd? We&#8217;re in the middle of nowhere.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 34&#8220;How many loaves do you have?&#8221; Jesus asked.</div><div class="p">&#8220;Seven,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;and a few small fish.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 35Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples. They passed them out to the people. 37Everyone ate as much as they wanted, and after that, the disciples picked up seven full baskets of leftover pieces. 38Just counting the men, they fed about 4,000 people, and there were many women and children as well. 39Jesus sent the crowd away, and then he got into the boat and went to the area near Magadan.</div>
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Some Pharisees and teachers of the law came from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They complained, “Why don’t your disciples follow what the elders teach? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
Jesus answered, “Why don’t you follow God’s commands instead of your own teachings? God said, ‘Honor your father and mother.’ God also said, ‘Anyone who asks for bad things to happen to their father or mother must be put to death.’ Suppose someone has money they could use to help their parents. You tell them they can say it’s ‘a gift set apart only for God.’ Then they don’t need to use that money to honor their father or mother. If the word of God clashes with your own teachings, you say it doesn’t apply. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you,
“ ‘These people honor me with their mouths,
but their hearts are far away from me.
It’s useless for them to worship me,
because they’re teaching only human rules.’ ”
Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. What goes into a person’s mouth doesn’t make them unclean. What comes out of their mouth does.”
Then the disciples came to him and said, “Did you know that the Pharisees got angry when they heard that?”
Jesus replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father hasn’t planted will be pulled up by the roots. Don’t worry about the Pharisees. They’re blind guides. If one blind person leads another, they’ll both fall into a pit.”
Peter asked, “But what did you mean by what you said?”
“Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus replied. “Don’t you see? Everything that enters the mouth goes into the stomach, and from there it goes out of the body. But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart. Those are the things that make someone unclean. Out of a person’s heart come cruel thoughts, murder, adultery, other sexual sins, stealing, false testimony, and lies. Those are the things that make you unclean. But eating without washing your hands doesn’t make you unclean.”

Jesus left Galilee and went to the area of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman who lived near there came to him and cried out, “Lord! Son of David! Have mercy on me! A demon has been controlling my daughter and making her suffer terribly.”
Jesus didn’t say a word. So his disciples came and begged him, “Tell her to go away! She keeps following us and crying out for help.”
Jesus answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
Then the woman fell on her knees in front of him. “Lord! Help me!” she said.
He replied, “It’s not right to take the children’s bread and throw it out to the dogs.”
“That’s true, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their owner’s table.”
Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! You will receive what you’ve asked for.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.

Jesus left there and walked along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. Large crowds came to him, bringing people who were blind, who couldn’t walk, who were disabled, who couldn’t speak, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them. Those who couldn’t speak started speaking, those with disabilities were made well, those who couldn’t walk started walking, and those who were blind became able to see. The people were amazed when they saw all this, and they praised the God of Israel.
Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I’m concerned for these people because they’ve already been with me for three days and they’ve run out of food to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, because if I do, they may be too weak to make it back home.”
His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread to feed this large crowd? We’re in the middle of nowhere.”
“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples. They passed them out to the people. Everyone ate as much as they wanted, and after that, the disciples picked up seven full baskets of leftover pieces. Just counting the men, they fed about 4,000 people, and there were many women and children as well. Jesus sent the crowd away, and then he got into the boat and went to the area near Magadan.

සවන් දෙන්න Matthew 15