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Ciisaa Ka Jawaabay Eedayntii Ku Saabsanayd Xeerka(A)

15 Markaas waxaa Yeruusaalem Ciise uga yimid niman Farrisiin iyo culimmo ah, oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Xertaadu maxay xeerka waayeellada uga gudbaan? Waayo, ma faro xashaan goortay kibis cunayaan. Wuu u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Idinkuba maxaad amarkii Ilaah uga gudubtaan xeerkiinna aawadiis? Waayo, Ilaah wuxuu amray, Aabbahaa iyo hooyadaa maamuus, oo Kan aabbihii ama hooyadii caayaa, dhimasho ha ku dhammaado. Laakiin waxaad leedihiin, Kan aabbihii ama hooyadii ku yidhaahda, Wixii aan idiin tari lahaa, hadiyad baan Ilaah ugu bixiyey, aabbihii ama hooyadii maamuusi maayo. Xeerkiinna ayaad erayga Ilaah ku buriseen. Labawejiilayaalow, Isayos aad buu wax idiinka sii sheegay markuu yidhi,

Dadkanu bushimahooda ayay igu maamuusaan,
Laakiin qalbigoodu waa iga fog yahay.
Si aan micne lahayn ayay ii caabudaan,
Iyagoo dadka wax ku baraya amarrada dadka.

10 Markaasuu dadkii badnaa u yeedhay oo ku yidhi, Maqla oo garta. 11 Ma aha waxa afka gala waxa ninka nijaaseeyaa, laakiin waxa afka ka soo baxa, kaas ayaa ninka nijaaseeya. 12 Markaasaa xertii u timid oo ku tidhi, Ma og tahay Farrisiintii inay ka xumaadeen markay hadalkii maqleen? 13 Laakiin wuu u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Geed walba oo aan Aabbahayga jannada ku jiraa abuurin waa la rujin doonaa. 14 Iska daaya. Iyagu waa indhoolayaal indhoolayaal hagayaye. Laakiin nin indha la' hadduu nin indha la' hago, labadooduba god bay ku dhici doonaan. 15 Markaasaa Butros u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Masaalkaa noo caddee. 16 Kolkaasuu wuxuu yidhi, Idinku weli ma garashola'aan baad tihiin? 17 Miyaydnaan garanaynin, Wax kasta oo afka galaa calooshay tagaan, oo waxaa lagu tuuraa meesha lagu saxaroodo? 18 Laakiin waxa afka ka soo baxaa, qalbigay ka yimaadaan; oo kuwaas weeye waxa ninka nijaaseeyaa. 19 Waayo, waxaa qalbiga ka soo baxaa fikirrada sharka leh iyo dilidda iyo sinada iyo galmada xaaraanta ah iyo tuuganimada iyo maragga beenta ah iyo cayda. 20 Kuwan weeye waxa ninka nijaaseeyaa. Laakiin in lagu cuno faro aan la maydhin, ninka ma nijaasayso.

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That Which Defiles(A)

15 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”(B)

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[a](C) and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b](D) But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.(E)[c](F)

10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them,(G) but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”(H)

12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted(I) will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[d](J) If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”(K)

15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”(L)

16 “Are you still so dull?”(M) Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(N) and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(O) 20 These are what defile a person;(P) but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
  2. Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9
  3. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
  4. Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts blind guides of the blind