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¹ [xr] Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,² "Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." ³ He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?⁴ For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother'; [fn] and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' [fn] ⁵ But you say, "Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God"--⁶ then he need not honor his father or mother.' [fn] Thus you have made the commandment [fn] of God of no effect by your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: ⁸ 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth,And [fn] honor Me with their lips,But their heart is far from Me. ⁹ And in vain they worship Me,Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' " [fn]

¹⁰ When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand:¹¹ Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." ¹² Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" ¹³ But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.¹⁴ Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." ¹⁵ Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us." ¹⁶ So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding?¹⁷ Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a 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 unwashed hands does not defile a man."

²¹ [xr] Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon.²² And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed." ²³ But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us." ²⁴ But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." ²⁵ Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" ²⁶ But He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." ²⁷ And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." ²⁸ Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

²⁹ [xr] Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there.³⁰ Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them.³¹ So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² [xr] Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." ³³ Then His disciples said to Him, "Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?" ³⁴ Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish." ³⁵ So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.³⁶ And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude.³⁷ So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left.³⁸ Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.³⁹ 39 And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of Magdala. [fn]