1Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes , saying , 2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3And he answered and said unto them , Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition ? 4For God said , Honor thy father and thy mother : and , He that speaketh evil of father or mother , let him die the death . 5But ye say , Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother , That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God ; 6he shall not honor his father . And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition . 7Ye hypocrites , well did Isaiah prophesy of you , saying , 8This people honoreth me with their lips ; But their heart is far from me . 9But in vain do they worship me , Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men. 10And he called to him the multitude , and said unto them , Hear, and understand : 11Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man ; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth , this defileth the man . 12Then came the disciples , and said unto him , Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended , when they heard this saying ? 13But he answered and said , Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not , shall be rooted up. 14Let them alone : they are blind guides . And if the blind guide the blind , both shall fall into a pit. 15And Peter answered and said unto him , Declare unto us the parable . 16And he said , Are ye also even yet without understanding? 17Perceive ye not , that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly , and is cast out into the draught? 18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart ; and they defile the man . 19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , fornications , thefts , false witness , railings: 20these are the things which defile the man ; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man .
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21And Jesus went out thence , and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon . 22And behold , a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders , and cried , saying , Have mercy on me , O Lord , thou son of David ; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon. 23But he answered her not a word . And his disciples came and besought him , saying , Send her away; for she crieth after us . 24But he answered and said , I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel . 25But she came and worshipped him , saying , Lord , help me . 26And he answered and said , It is not meet to take the children ’s bread and cast it to the dogs . 27But she said , Yea , Lord : for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters ’ table . 28Then Jesus answered and said unto her , O woman , great is thy faith : be it done unto thee even as thou wilt . And her daughter was healed from that hour .
Jesus Heals Many
29And Jesus departed thence , and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee ; and he went up into the mountain , and sat there . 30And there came unto him great multitudes , having with them the lame , blind , dumb , maimed , and many others , and they cast them down at his feet ; and he healed them : 31insomuch that the multitude wondered , when they saw the dumb speaking , the maimed whole , and the lame walking , and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel . 32And Jesus called unto him his disciples , and said , I have compassion on the multitude , because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat : and I would not send them away fasting , lest haply they faint on the way . 33And the disciples say unto him , Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude ? 34And Jesus said unto them , How many loaves have ye ? And they said , Seven , and a few small fishes . 35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground ; 36and he took the seven loaves and the fishes ; and he gave thanks and brake , and gave to the disciples , and the disciples to the multitudes . 37And they all ate , and were filled : and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces , seven baskets full . 38And they that did eat were four thousand men , besides women and children . 39And he sent away the multitudes , and entered into the boat , and came into the borders of Magadan .