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Traditions and Commandments
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
Tradition and Vain Worship
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
but their heart is far from me;
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
What Defiles a Person
And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand:
And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand:
What Defiles a Man
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.”
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
The Faith of the Canaanite Woman
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.”
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Jesus Heals Many
Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there.
Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there.
The Feeding of the Four Thousand
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
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.”
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.”
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?”
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
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.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.