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That Which Defiles
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
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,
“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’
they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
“ ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
but their hearts are far from me.
“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
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.’”
Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
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 goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts — murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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.
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
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.”
Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
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.”
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
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.
Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.
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,
The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
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.
Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
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.”
His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?”
“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.
And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,
Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.
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.
They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children.
Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.