Matthew 15

15 ¹Den some Pharisees and scribes come meet Jesus from Jerusalem come talk sey, ²"Why your disciples dey break di tradition of di elders? Dem no dey wash dem hand wen dem wan chop."

³E answer sey, "And why una too dey break our Papa commandment because of una tradition? ⁴Because our Papa talk sey, 'Respect your papa and your mama,' and, 'Anybody wey curse im papa or mama, make dem kill am for sure.' ⁵But una dey talk sey, 'Anybody wey tell im papa or mama, "Whatever wey you for don gain from me na gift wey I don give to our Papa," ⁶e no need to respect im papa with am.' Una don cancel our Papa word because of una tradition. ⁷Una hypocrites! Isaiah prophesy correct-correct about una wen e talk sey: ⁸'Dis people dey honor me with dem mouth, but dem heart dey far from me; ⁹dem dey worship me for nothing, dey teach di commandments of man as doctrine.'"

¹⁰Den e call di crowd come meet am come talk sey, "Hear well and understand: ¹¹Na no be wetin enter mouth dey make person dirty, but wetin comot for mouth na im dey make person dirty."

¹²Den di disciples come meet am come talk sey, "You know sey di Pharisees vex wen dem hear dis word?"

¹³E answer sey, "Every plant wey my Papa for heaven no plant, dem go uproot am. ¹⁴Leave dem; dem be blind pipo wey dey lead pipo. If blind man dey lead blind man, di two of dem go fall enter pit."

¹⁵Peter tell am sey, "Explain dis parable give us."

¹⁶"Una still dey dull like di oda pipo?" Jesus talk. ¹⁷"Una no understand sey whatever wey enter mouth dey pass enter belle and dem go comot am for toilet? ¹⁸But wetin comot for mouth dey come from di heart, and na im dey make person dirty. ¹⁹Because na di heart dey bring bad-bad thought: kill-kill, adultery, sexual sin, tiff-tiff, false testimony, bad-mouth. ²⁰Na dis things dey make person dirty, but to chop with hand wey no wash no dey make anybody dirty."

One Woman Faith Wey No Gree Give Up

²¹Wen Jesus comot for dat place, e go di area of Tyre and Sidon. ²²One Canaanite woman from dat area come, dey cry out sey, "Oga, Pikin of David, take pity on me! Demon dey torment my pikin-woman well-well."

²³E no answer am anything. Im disciples come dey beg am sey, "Send am comot—e dey shout dey follow us for back."

²⁴E answer sey, "Na only to di lost sheep of di house of Israel dem send me."

²⁵But she come kneel down for im front, dey talk sey, "Oga, help me!"

²⁶E answer sey, "E no correct to take di children bread throway am give dogs."

²⁷"Na true, Oga," she talk, "but even di dogs sef dey chop di small-small crumbs wey dey fall from dem oga table."

²⁸Jesus answer sey, "Woman, your faith big well-well. Make e happen as you want." And from dat very hour, her pikin-woman well.

Our Papa Feed di Four Thousand People

²⁹Wen Jesus comot for dere, e waka for di side of di Sea of Galilee, climb di mountain, and sidon dere. ³⁰Plenty crowd come meet am with di lame, blind, cripple, dumb pipo, and plenty oda ones, dem put dem for im leg, and e heal dem. ³¹So di crowd wonder wen dem see di dumb dey talk, di cripple well, di lame dey waka, and di blind dey see; dem give glory to di Papa of Israel.

³²Jesus call im disciples come meet am come talk sey, "My belle dey pain me for dis crowd—dem don dey with me three days now with nothing to chop. I no wan send dem comot with hungry belle; dem fit faint for road."

³³Di disciples ask sey, "For dis bush place, weting we go find bread wey go reach to feed dis kind crowd?"

³⁴"How many bread una get?" Jesus ask. "Seven," dem talk, "and small fish."

³⁵So e tell di crowd make dem sidon for ground. ³⁶And e take di seven bread and di fish, give thanks, break dem, give di disciples, and dem give di crowd. ³⁷Everybody chop dem belle full, and dem gather seven basket wey full with di remaining pieces. ³⁸Di pipo wey chop na 4,000 men, apart from women and children. ³⁹Afta e don send di crowd comot, e enter di boat go di area of Magadan.