1Then came to Jesus the Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4For God hath commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou mayest have profit,
6Though he honor not his father, or his mother, shall be free: thus have ye made the commandment of God of no authority by your tradition.
7O hypocrites, Isaiah prophesied well of you, saying,
8This people draweth near unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with the lips, but their heart is far off from me.
9But in vain they worship me, teaching for doctrines, men’s precepts.
10Then he called the multitude unto him, and said to them, Hear and understand.
11That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which cometh out of the mouth that defileth the man.
12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Perceivest thou not, that the Pharisees are offended in hearing this saying?
13But he answered and said, Every plant which mine heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind: and if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15Then answered Peter, and said to him, Declare unto us this parable.
16Then said Jesus, Are ye yet without understanding?
17Perceive ye not yet, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18But those things which proceed out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man.
19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slanders.
20These are the things which defile the man: but to eat with unwashed hands, defileth not the man.
21And Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22And behold, a woman a Canaanite came out of the same coasts, and cried, saying unto him, Have mercy on me, O Lord, the son of David: my daughter is miserably vexed with a devil.
23But he answered her not a word. Then came to him his disciples, and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth after us.
24But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25Yet she came, and worshipped him, saying, Lord help me.
26And he answered, and said, It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to whelps.
27But she said, Truth, Lord: yet indeed the whelps eat of the crumbs, which fall from their master’s table.
28Then Jesus answered, and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee, as thou desirest. And her daughter was made whole at that hour.
29So Jesus went away from thence, and came near unto the sea of Galilee, and went up in a mountain and sat down there.
30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them, halt, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down, at Jesus’ feet, and he healed them.
31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, to see the dumb speak, the maimed whole, the halt to go, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on this multitude, because they have continued with me already three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not let them depart fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33And his disciples said unto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wilderness, as should suffice so great a multitude!
34And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35Then he commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36And took the seven loaves, and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37And they did all eat, and were sufficed, and they took up of the fragments that remained, seven baskets full.
38And they that had eaten, were four thousand men, beside women, and little children.
39Then Jesus sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the parts of Magdala.