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1Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

1Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

2"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."

2"Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

3He answered them, "And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

3And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

4For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

4"For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.'

5But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

5"But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,"

6he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

6he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

7"You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:

8This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

8'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.

9and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

9'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'"

10Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.

10After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand.

11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person."

11"It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

12Then the disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?"

12Then the disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"

13And he replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

13But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

14Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

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."

15But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

15Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us."

16Jesus said, "Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

16Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also?

17Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

17"Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?

18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

18"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

19For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

19"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

20These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person."

20"These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

21After going out from there, Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

21Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.

22A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!"

22And 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."

23But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us."

23But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us."

24So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

24But He answered and said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

25But she came and bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!"

25But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

26"It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs," he said.

26And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

27"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

27But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

28Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

28Then 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.

29When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

29Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.

30Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

30And 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.

31As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

31So 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.

32Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

32And 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 to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way."

33The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

33The disciples said to Him, "Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?"

34Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They replied, "Seven--and a few small fish."

34And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

35After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

35And He directed the people to sit down on the ground;

36he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds.

36and 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.

37They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

37And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full.

38Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate.

38And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

39After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

39And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan.

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