aThen some Pharisees
and scribes
*came
to Jesus
bfrom Jerusalem
and said
,
"Why do Your disciples
break
the tradition
of the elders
? For they ado not wash
their hands
when
they eat
bread
."
And He answered and said
to them, "Why
do you yourselves
transgress
the commandment
of God
for the sake
of your tradition
?
"For God said
, ` aHONOR
YOUR FATHER
AND MOTHER
,' and, ` bHE WHO SPEAKS
EVIL
OF FATHER
OR
MOTHER
IS TO 1BE PUT
TO DEATH
.'
"But you say, `Whoever
says
to his father
or
mother
, "Whatever
I have
that would help
you has been 1given
to God,"
he is not to honor his father
or
his mother
1.' And by this you invalidated
the word
of God
for the sake
of your tradition
.
"You hypocrites, rightly
did Isaiah
prophesy
of you:
` aTHIS PEOPLE
HONORS
ME WITH THEIR LIPS
, BUT THEIR HEART
IS FAR
AWAY
FROM ME.
`BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP
ME, TEACHING
AS aDOCTRINES
THE PRECEPTS
OF MEN
.' "
After Jesus called the crowd
to Him, He said
to them, "Hear
and understand
.
" aIt is not what enters
into the mouth
that defiles
the man
, but what
proceeds
out of the mouth
, this
defiles
the man
."
Then the disciples
*came
and *said
to Him, "Do You know
that the Pharisees
were 1offended
when they heard
this
statement
?"
But He answered and said
, " aEvery
plant
which
My heavenly
Father
did not plant
shall be uprooted
.
"Let them alone
; athey are blind
guides
1of the blind
. And bif
a blind
man
guides
a blind
man
, both
will fall
into a pit
."
Peter 1said
to Him, " aExplain
the parable
to us."
1Jesus said, "Are you still
lacking
in understanding
also
?
"Do you not understand that everything
that goes
into the mouth
passes
into the stomach
, and is 1eliminated
?
"But athe things that proceed out of the mouth
come
from the heart
, and those
defile
the man
.
" aFor out of the heart come
evil
thoughts
, murders
, adulteries
, 1fornications
, thefts
, false
witness
, slanders
.
"These are the things which defile
the man
; but to eat
with unwashed
hands
does not defile
the man
."
aJesus went
away
from there
, and withdrew
into the district
of bTyre
and bSidon
.
And a Canaanite woman
from that region
came
out and began to cry
out, saying
, "Have
mercy
on me, Lord
, aSon
of David
; my daughter
is cruelly
bdemon-possessed
."
But He did not answer her a word
. And His disciples
came
and implored
Him, saying
, "Send
her away
, because
she keeps shouting
1at us."
But He answered and said
, "I was sent
only
to athe lost
sheep
of the house
of Israel
."
But she came and abegan 1to bow
down
before
Him, saying
, "Lord
, help
me!"
And He answered and said
, "It is not 1good
to take
the children's
bread
and throw
it to the dogs
."
But she said, "Yes
, Lord
; 1but even
the dogs
feed
on the crumbs
which fall
from their masters'
table
."
Then Jesus
said
to her, "O
woman
, ayour faith
is great
; it shall be done
for you as you wish
." And her daughter
was healed
1at once
.
aDeparting from there
, Jesus
went
along
by bthe Sea
of Galilee
, and having gone
up on the mountain
, He was sitting
there
.
And 1large crowds
came
to Him, bringing
with them those who were lame
, crippled
, blind
, mute
, and many
others
, and they laid
them down
at His feet
; and aHe healed
them.
So the crowd
marveled
as they saw
the mute
speaking
, the crippled
1restored
, and the lame
walking
, and the blind
seeing
; and they aglorified
the God
of Israel
.
aAnd Jesus called
His disciples
to Him, and said
, " bI feel
compassion
for the 1people
, because
they 2have remained
with Me now
three
days
and have
nothing
to eat
; and I do not want
to send
them away
hungry
, for they might faint
on the way
."
The disciples *said
to Him, "Where
would we get so
many
loaves
in this desolate
place
to satisfy
such
a large
crowd
?"
And Jesus *said
to them, "How
many
loaves
do you have
?" And they said
, "Seven
, and a few
small
fish
."
And He directed the 1people
to 2sit
down
on the ground
;
and He took the seven
loaves
and the fish
; and agiving
thanks
, He broke
them and started giving
them to the disciples
, and the disciples
gave them to the people
.
And they all ate
and were satisfied
, and they picked
up what
was left
over
of the broken
pieces
, seven
large
abaskets
full
.
And those who ate
were four
thousand
men
, besides
women
and children
.
And sending away
the crowds
, Jesus got
into athe boat
and came
to the region
of bMagadan
.