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| 1. Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, | |
| 2. Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." | |
| 3. He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? | |
| 4. For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' | |
| 5. But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God"-- | |
| 6. then he need not honor his father or mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. | |
| 7. Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: | |
| 8. 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. | |
| 9. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' " | |
| 10. When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand: | |
| 11. Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." | |
| 12. Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" | |
| 13. But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. | |
| 14. Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." | |
| 15. Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us." | |
| 16. So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? | |
| 17. Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? | |
| 18. But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. | |
| 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. | |
| 20. These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." | |
| 21. Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. | |
| 22. And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed." | |
| 23. But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us." | |
| 24. But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." | |
| 25. Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" | |
| 26. But He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." | |
| 27. And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." | |
| 28. Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. | |
| 29. Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. | |
| 30. Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them. | |
| 31. So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. | |
| 32. Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." | |
| 33. Then His disciples said to Him, "Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?" | |
| 34. Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish." | |
| 35. So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. | |
| 36. And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. | |
| 37. So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. | |
| 38. Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. | |
| 39. And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of Magdala. |
| Verse | |
| 1. Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, | |
| 2. Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." | |
| 3. He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? | |
| 4. For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' | |
| 5. But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God"-- | |
| 6. then he need not honor his father or mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. | |
| 7. Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: | |
| 8. 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. | |
| 9. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' " | |
| 10. When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand: | |
| 11. Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." | |
| 12. Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" | |
| 13. But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. | |
| 14. Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." | |
| 15. Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us." | |
| 16. So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? | |
| 17. Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? | |
| 18. But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. | |
| 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. | |
| 20. These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." | |
| 21. Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. | |
| 22. And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed." | |
| 23. But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us." | |
| 24. But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." | |
| 25. Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" | |
| 26. But He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." | |
| 27. And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." | |
| 28. Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. | |
| 29. Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. | |
| 30. Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them. | |
| 31. So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. | |
| 32. Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." | |
| 33. Then His disciples said to Him, "Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?" | |
| 34. Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish." | |
| 35. So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. | |
| 36. And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. | |
| 37. So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. | |
| 38. Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. | |
| 39. And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of Magdala. |