¹Then Pharisees and scribes came 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.”

³He answered them , “ Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition ?

⁴For God commanded , ‘ Honour your father and your mother ,’ and , ‘ He who speaks evil of father or mother , let him be put to death .’[#Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16; #Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9]

⁵But you say , ‘ Whoever may tell his father or his mother , “ Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God ,”

⁶he shall not honour his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition .

⁷You hypocrites ! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you , saying ,

⁸‘ These people draw near to me with their mouth,

and honour me with their lips ;

but their heart is far from me .

⁹And they worship me in vain ,

teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”

¹⁰He summoned the multitude , and said to them , “Hear, and understand .

¹¹That which enters into the mouth doesn’ t defile the man ; but that which proceeds out of the mouth , this defiles the man .”

¹²Then the disciples came and said to him , “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying ?”

¹³But he answered , “ Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’ t plant will be uprooted .

¹⁴Leave them alone . They are blind guides of the blind . If the blind guide the blind , both will fall into a pit.”

¹⁵Peter answered him , “Explain the parable to us .”

¹⁶So Jesus said , “ Do you also still not understand?

¹⁷Don’ t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body ?

¹⁸But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart , and they defile the man .

¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , sexual sins, thefts , false testimony , and blasphemies.

²⁰These are the things which defile the man ; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’ t defile the man .”

²¹Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon .

²²Behold , a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried , saying , “Have mercy on me , Lord , you son of David ! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”

²³But he answered her not a word .

His disciples came and begged him , saying , “Send her away; for she cries after us .”

²⁴But he answered , “ I wasn’ t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel .”

²⁵But she came and worshipped him , saying , “Lord , help me .”

²⁶But he answered , “ It is not appropriate to take the children ’s bread and throw it to the dogs .”

²⁷But she said , “Yes , Lord , but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters ’ table .”

²⁸Then 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 .

²⁹Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee ; and he went up on the mountain and sat there .

³⁰Great multitudes came to him , having with them the lame , blind , mute , maimed , and many others , and they put them down at his feet . He healed them ,

³¹so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking , the injured healed , the lame walking , and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel .

³²Jesus summoned his disciples and said , “ I have compassion on the multitude , because they have continued 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 .”

³³The disciples said to him , “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude ?”

³⁴Jesus said to them , “ How many loaves do you have ?”

They said , “Seven , and a few small fish .”

³⁵He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground ;

³⁶and 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 .

³⁷They all ate and were filled . They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over .

³⁸Those who ate were four thousand men , in addition to women and children .

³⁹Then he sent away the multitudes , got into the boat , and came into the borders of Magdala .