| 1 | Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees , which were of Jerusalem , saying , |
| 2 | Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread . |
| 3 | But he answered and said unto them , Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition ? |
| 4 | For God commanded , saying , Honour thy father and mother : and , He that curseth father or mother , let him die the death . |
| 5 | But ye say , Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother , [It is] a gift , by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | [Ye] hypocrites , well did Esaias prophesy of you , saying , |
| 8 | This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth , and honoureth me with [their] lips ; but their heart is far from me . |
| 9 | But in vain they do worship me , teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men . |
| 10 | And he called the multitude , and said unto them , Hear , and understand : |
| 11 | Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; but that which cometh out of the mouth , this defileth a man . |
| 12 | Then came his disciples , and said unto him , Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended , after they heard this saying ? |
| 13 | But he answered and said , Every plant , which my heavenly Father hath not planted , shall be rooted up . |
| 14 | Let them alone : they be blind leaders of the blind . And if the blind lead the blind , both shall fall into the ditch . |
| 15 | Then answered Peter and said unto him , Declare unto us this parable . |
| 16 | And Jesus said , Are ye also yet without understanding ? |
| 17 | Do not ye yet understand , that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly , and is cast out into the draught ? |
| 18 | But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart ; and they defile the man . |
| 19 | For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , fornications , thefts , false witness , blasphemies : |
| 20 | These are [the things] which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man . |
| 21 | Then Jesus went thence , and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But he answered her not a word . And his disciples came and besought him , saying , Send her away ; for she crieth after us . |
| 24 | But he answered and said , I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel . |
| 25 | Then came she and worshipped him , saying , Lord , help me . |
| 26 | But he answered and said , It is not meet to take the children's bread , and to cast [it] to dogs . |
| 27 | And she said , Truth , Lord : yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters ' table . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | And Jesus departed from thence , and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee ; and went up into a mountain , and sat down there . |
| 30 | 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 : |
| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | And his disciples say unto him , Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness , as to fill so great a multitude ? |
| 34 | And Jesus saith unto them , How many loaves have ye ? And they said , Seven , and a few little fishes . |
| 35 | And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | And they did all eat , and were filled : and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven baskets full . |
| 38 | And they that did eat were four thousand men , beside women and children . |
| 39 | And he sent away the multitude , and took ship , and came into the coasts of Magdala . |
