1. Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were from Jerusalem, saying,
2. Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
3. But he answered and said to them, Why do you also disobey the commandment of God by your tradition?
4. For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.
5. But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;
6. And do not honor his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
7. You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8. This people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9. But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10. And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:
11. Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
12. Then came his disciples, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13. But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.
14. Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15. Then answered Peter and said to him, Explain to us this parable.
16. And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding?
17. Do you not yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain?
18. But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the 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 from there, and departed into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same area, and cried out to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is greatly distressed with a devil.
23. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and pleaded with him, saying, Send her away; for she is crying out after us.
24. But he answered and said, I am 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 proper to take the children's bread, and to throw it to dogs.
27. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.
28. Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it unto you even as you desire. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
29. And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
30. And great multitudes came to him, having with them those who were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and put them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
31. So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speak, the maimed whole, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32. Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, so that they do not faint on the way.
33. And his disciples said to him, Where should we get so much bread in the wilderness, to fill so great a multitude?
34. And Jesus said to them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish.
35. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36. And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full.
38. And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39. And he sent away the multitude, and got in the boat, and came into the region of Magdala.
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