1 T hen the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

Some of the teachers of the Law and the proud religious law-keepers from Jerusalem came to Jesus. They asked,

2 W hy do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

“Why do Your followers not obey the teaching that was given to them by our fathers? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

3 B ut he answering said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?

Jesus said to them, “Why do you break the Law of God by trying to keep their teaching?

4 F or God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

For God said, ‘Show respect to your father and mother.’ And, ‘He who curses his father or mother will be put to death.’

5 B ut ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever by which from me thou wouldest be profited:

But you say that if a man says to his parents that anything he has, that might have been of help to them, is already given to God,

6 a nd he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.

he does not have to show respect by helping his father and mother. You are putting aside the Word of God to keep their teaching.

7 H ypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

You who pretend to be someone you are not, Isaiah told about you. He said,

8 T his people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

’These people show respect to Me with their mouth, but their heart is far from Me.

9 b ut in vain do they worship me, teaching teachings commandments of men.

Their worship of Me is worth nothing. They teach what men have made up.’”

10 A nd having called to the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

Jesus called the people to Him and said to them, “Listen and understand this!

11 N ot what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

It is not what goes into a man’s mouth that makes his mind and heart sinful. It is what comes out of a man’s mouth that makes him sinful.”

12 T hen his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

His followers came to Him. They said, “Did You know the proud religious law-keepers were ashamed and turned away because of You when they heard this?”

13 B ut he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

He said, “Every plant that My Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.

14 L eave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. If one blind man leads another blind man, they will both fall into a hole.”

15 A nd Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Tell us this picture-story so we can understand it.”

16 B ut he said, Are ye also still without intelligence?

Jesus said, “Do you not understand yet?

17 D o ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?

18 b ut the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

But whatever comes from the mouth has come out of the heart. These things make the man unclean inside.

19 F or out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

For out of the heart come bad thoughts, killing other people, sex sins of a married person, sex sins of a person not married, stealing, lying, speaking against God.

20 t hese are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

These are the things that make the man unclean inside. It does not make a man sinful to eat with hands that have not been washed.” Jesus Puts a Demon Out of a Girl

21 A nd Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;

Jesus went from there to the cities of Tyre and Sidon.

22 a nd lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

A woman came from the land of Canaan. She cried out to Jesus and said, “Take pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter has a demon and is much troubled.”

23 B ut he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

But Jesus did not speak a word to her. His followers kept asking, saying, “Send her away for she keeps calling us.”

24 B ut he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

He said, “I was sent only to the Jewish people who are lost.”

25 B ut she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.

Then she came and got down before Jesus and worshiped Him. She said, “Lord, help me!”

26 B ut he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

But He said, “It is not right to take children’s food and throw it to the dogs.”

27 B ut she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

She said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the pieces that fall from the table of their owners.”

28 T hen Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have much faith. You will have what you asked for.” Her daughter was healed at that very time. Jesus Heals All Who Come to Him

29 A nd Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

Jesus went from there and came to the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up the mountain and sat down.

30 a nd great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:

Many people came to Him. They brought with them those who were not able to walk. They brought those who were not able to see. They brought those who were not able to hear or speak and many others. Then they put them at the feet of Jesus and He healed them.

31 s o that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

All the people wondered. They saw how those who could not speak were now talking. They saw how those who could not walk were now walking. They saw how those who could not see were now seeing, and they gave thanks to the God of the Jews. The Feeding of the Four Thousand

32 B ut Jesus, having called his disciples to, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

Then Jesus called His followers to Him. He said, “I pity these people because they have been with Me three days and they have no food. I do not want to send them home without food. They might get too weak as they go.”

33 A nd his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

The followers said to Jesus, “Where can we get enough bread to feed them all in this desert?”

34 A nd Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

Jesus said to them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They said, “Seven loaves and a few small fish.”

35 A nd he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

He told the people to sit down on the ground.

36 a nd having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

Then He took the seven loaves of bread and the fish and gave thanks. He broke them and gave them to His followers. The followers gave them to the people.

37 A nd all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

They all ate and were filled. They picked up seven baskets full of pieces of bread and fish after the people finished eating.

38 b ut they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

Four thousand men ate. Women and children ate also.

39 A nd, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.

After this Jesus sent the people away. Then He got into a boat and came to a place called Magadan.