MATTHEW Chapter 15 1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat." 3 He answered them, "And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.' 5 But you say, 'If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God, he need not honor his father.' 6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God. 7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: 8 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'" 10 And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand: 11 not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" 13 He answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit." 15 But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us." 16 And he said, "Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on? 18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." 21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying after us." 24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." 26 And he answered, "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27 She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." 28 Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly. 29 And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the dumb, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31 so that the throng wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." 33 And the disciples said to him, "Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?" 34 And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves have you?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish." 35 And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

MARK Mark 7:1 Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, Mark 7:2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. Mark 7:3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders; Mark 7:4 and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.) Mark 7:5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?" Mark 7:6 And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; Mark 7:7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' Mark 7:8 You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men." Mark 7:9 And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition! Mark 7:10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die'; Mark 7:11 but you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is Corban' (that is, given to God) Mark 7:12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, Mark 7:13 thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. And many such things you do." Mark 7:14 And he called the people to him again, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand: Mark 7:15 there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him." Mark 7:16 Mark 7:17 And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. Mark 7:18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him, Mark 7:19 since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.) Mark 7:20 And he said, "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. Mark 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, Mark 7:22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. Mark 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man." Mark 7:31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. Mark 7:32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him. Mark 7:33 And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; Mark 7:34 and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." Mark 7:35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Mark 7:36 And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. Mark 7:37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak." Mark 8:1 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them, Mark 8:2 "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; Mark 8:3 and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a long way." Mark 8:4 And his disciples answered him, "How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?" Mark 8:5 And he asked them, "How many loaves have you?" They said, "Seven." Mark 8:6 And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. Mark 8:7 And they had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set before them. Mark 8:8 And they ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. Mark 8:9 And there were about four thousand people. Mark 8:10 And he sent them away; and immediately he got into the boat with his disciples, and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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