151 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said , 2 "Why e do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders ? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread ." 3 And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition ? 4 "For God said , ' HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER ,' and, ' HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH .' 5 "But you say , 'Whoever e says to his father or mother , "Whatever e I have that would help you has been given to God," 6 he is not to honor his father or his mother .' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition . 7 "You hypocrites , rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: 8 ' THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS , BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. 9 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN .' "
10 After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand . 11 " It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man , but what proceeds out of the mouth , this defiles the man ." 12 Then the disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement ?" 13 But He answered and said , " Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted . 14 "Let them alone ; they are blind guides of the blind . And if a blind man guides a blind man , both will fall into a pit ." 15 Peter said to Him, " Explain the parable to us." 16 Jesus said , "Are you still lacking in understanding also ? 17 "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach , and is eliminated e ? 18 "But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart , and those defile the man . 19 " For out of the heart come evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , fornications , thefts , false witness , slanders . 20 "These are the things which defile the man ; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man ."
21 Jesus went away from there , and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon . 22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying , "Have mercy on me, Lord , Son of David ; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed ." 23 But He did not answer her a word . And His disciples came and implored Him, saying , "Send her away , because she keeps shouting at us." 24 But He answered and said , "I was sent only e e to the lost sheep of the house of Israel ." 25 But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying , "Lord , help me!" 26 And He answered and said , "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs ." 27 But she said , "Yes , Lord ; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table ." 28 Then Jesus said to her, "O woman , your faith is great ; it shall be done for you as you wish ." And her daughter was healed at once e .
29 Departing from there , Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee , and having gone up on the mountain , He was sitting there . 30 And large 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 He healed them. 31 So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking , the crippled restored , and the lame walking , and the blind seeing ; and they glorified the God of Israel .
32 And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said , " I feel compassion for the people , because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing e to eat ; and I do not want to send them away hungry , for they might faint on the way ." 33 The disciples said to Him, "Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd ?" 34 And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have ?" And they said , "Seven , and a few small fish ." 35 And He directed the people to sit down on the ground ; 36 and He took the seven loaves and the fish ; and giving thanks , He broke them and started giving them to the disciples , and the disciples gave them to the people . 37 And they all ate and were satisfied , and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces , seven large baskets full . 38 And those who ate were four thousand men , besides women and children . 39 And sending away the crowds , Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan .
71 The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem , 2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands , that is, unwashed . 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless e they carefully wash their hands , thus observing the traditions of the elders ; 4 and when they come from the market place , they do not eat unless e they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe , such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots .) 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why e do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders , but eat their bread with impure hands ?" 6 And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites , as it is written : ' THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS , BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY e FROM ME. 7 ' BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN .' 8 "Neglecting the commandment of God , you hold to the tradition of men ." 9 He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition . 10 "For Moses said , ' HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER '; and, ' HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER , IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH '; 11 but you say , 'If a man says to his father or his mother , whatever e I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),' 12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother ; 13 thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down ; and you do many things such as that." 14 After He called the crowd to Him again , He began saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand : 15 there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man . 16 ["If anyone has ears to hear , let him hear ."] 17 When he had left the crowd and entered the house , His disciples questioned Him about the parable . 18 And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also ? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot e defile him, 19 because it does not go into his heart , but into his stomach , and is eliminated e e ?" (Thus He declared all foods clean .) 20 And He was saying , " That which proceeds out of the man , that is what defiles the man . 21 "For from within , out of the heart of men , proceed the evil thoughts , fornications , thefts , murders , adulteries , 22 d deeds of coveting and wickedness , as well as deceit , sensuality , envy e , slander , pride and foolishness . 23 "All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man ."
24 Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre . And when He had entered a house , He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice . 25 But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet . 26 Now the woman was a Gentile , of the Syrophoenician race . And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter . 27 And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfied first , for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs ." 28 But she answered and said to Him, "Yes , Lord , but even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs ." 29 And He said to her, "Because of this answer go ; the demon has gone out of your daughter ." 30 And going back to her home , she found the child lying on the bed , the demon having left .
31 Again He went out from the region of Tyre , and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee , within e the region of Decapolis . 32 They brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty , and they implored Him to lay His hand on him. 33 Jesus took him aside from the crowd , by himself , and put His fingers into his ears , and after spitting , He touched his tongue with the saliva; 34 and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh , He said to him, "Ephphatha !" that is, "Be opened !" 35 And his ears were opened , and the impediment of his tongue was removed , and he began speaking plainly . 36 And He gave them orders not to tell anyone ; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it. 37 They were utterly astonished , saying , "He has done all things well ; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak ."
