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¹ Then Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, ² "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread." ³ He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' ⁵ But you say, 'Whoever will tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," ⁶ he will not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. ⁷ You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ⁸ 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, And honor me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. ⁹ But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

¹⁰ He called the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. ¹¹ That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man." ¹² Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?" ¹³ But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted. ¹⁴ Let them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit." ¹⁵ Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us." ¹⁶ So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? ¹⁷ Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body? ¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart, and they defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."

²¹ Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. ²² Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David. My daughter is grievously vexed with a demon." ²³ But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us." ²⁴ But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." ²⁵ But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me." ²⁶ But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." ²⁷ But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." ²⁸ Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

²⁹ Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. ³⁰ There came to him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, ³¹ so that the multitude wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the injured whole, lame walking, and the blind seeing -- and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way." ³³ The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?" ³⁴ Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish." ³⁵ He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; ³⁶ and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. ³⁷ They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. ³⁸ Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ He sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.