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Then came to Jesus the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem, saying,
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Why◦ do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For◦ they wash not their hands when they eat◦ bread.
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But◦ He answering said◦ to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
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For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother*; and he who speaks··evil of father or mother, let him die the death.*
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But◦ you say, Whoever shall say to father or mother, It is a gift to the temple, whatever thou mightest have profited by me;
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and he in no way honors his father or his mother. And you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
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Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
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This people is near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but◦ their heart is· far ·away from me,
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and◦ in··vain do they serve◦ Me, teaching teachings which are the precepts of men.*
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And calling the crowd, He said unto them, Hear and understand.
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Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
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Then His disciples coming said◦ to Him, Knowest◦ Thou that the Pharisees hearing the word were offended?
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But◦ He answering said, Every planting which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted out.
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Leave them; they are blind guides of the blind; and◦ if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
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And◦ Peter answering said to Him, Explain to us this parable.
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And◦ Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding?
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Do you not··yet consider, that everything going into the mouth departs into the belly, and is cast··out into the latrine?
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But◦ the··things going··out from◦ the mouth come··forth from◦ the heart, and··these▵ defile man;
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for◦ out··of the heart come··forth evil◦ reasonings, murders, adulteries, harlotries, thefts, false··testimonies, blasphemies.
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These are the things that defile the man; but◦ to eat with unwashed hands defiles not the man.
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And Jesus going··out▵ thence, departed into parts of Tyre and Sidon.
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And, behold◦, a woman of Canaan coming out of those▵ borders, cried out, saying to Him, Have··mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is· badly ·demon-possessed.
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And◦ He answered her not a word; and His disciples coming to Him, besought Him, saying, Send her away, for she cries after us.
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And◦ He answering said◦, I am not sent◦ except to◦ the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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And◦ she coming worshiped Him, saying, Lord, help me.
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And◦ He answering said, It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to little··dogs.
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And◦ she said◦, Yes, Lord, yet the little··dogs eat◦ of the crumbs which fall from the table of their lords.
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Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee as thou willest. And her daughter was healed from that▵ very hour.
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And Jesus passing··on thence, came to the sea of Galilee; and ascending into the mountain, He sat there.
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And many crowds came to Him, having with themselves the lame, the blind, the mute, the maimed, and many others◦, and laid them down* by the feet of Jesus; and He cured them,
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so··that◦ the crowds marveled, seeing▫ the mute speaking, the maimed whole◦, the lame walking, and the blind seeing▫; and they glorified the God of Israel.
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And◦ Jesus calling··for His disciples, said, I am moved··with··compassion* for the crowd, because they are staying··on with Me already three days, and have not anything▵ to eat; and I am not willing to send· them ·away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
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And His disciples say to Him, Whence should we have so many loaves in the wilderness, as to satisfy such a crowd?
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And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have you? And◦ they say, Seven, and a few little··fish.
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And He ordered the crowds to recline▵ on the earth.
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And taking the seven loaves and the fish, giving··thanks, He broke, and gave to His disciples, and◦ the disciples to the crowd.
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And they did all eat, and were satisfied; and they took up the excess of the fragments, seven baskets◦ full.
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And◦ they who had eaten◦ were four··thousand men◦, besides women and little··children.
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And sending··away the crowds, He stepped into the ship, and came into the borders of Magdala.