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1 Then 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 But He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and mother,' and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.' 5 But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or his mother, "It is a gift, by whatever you might have profited by me," 6 and he shall be free to not honor his father or his mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 You hypocrites. Isaiah did well when he prophesied about you, saying: 8 'This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. 9 But in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" 10 And He called the multitude and said to them, "Hear and understand: 11 it is not what goes into the mouth that 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 after they heard this saying?" 13 But He answered and said, "Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted shall be uprooted. 14 Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." 15 Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Declare this parable to us." 16 And Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly and is cast out into the latrine? 18 But those things that 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 that defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." 21 Then Jesus went from there and departed into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same region and cried to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David. My daughter is grievously vexed with a demon." 23 But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries after us." 24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25 Then she came and worshipped Him, saying, "Lord, help me." 26 But He answered and said, "It is not proper to take the children's bread and to cast it to dogs." 27 And she said, "True, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith. May it be to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. 29 And Jesus departed from there and came near to the Sea of Galilee, and went up on a mountain and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes came to Him, having with them those who were lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them, 31 to such a degree that the multitude wondered 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 Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way." 33 And His disciples said to Him, "From where should we get so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude?" 34 And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fish." 35 And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven baskets full of the broken food that was left. 38 And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And He sent away the multitude, and got into the ship, and came into the region of Magdala.