4 For God said—
‘Honour thy father and mother,’
and
‘Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,’ note
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5 but you say ‘Whenever any one says to his father or mother
“Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is ‘Given
to God,’” he is in no way bound to honour his father.’
6 In this
way you have nullified the words of God on account of your
traditions.
7 Hypocrites! It was well said by Isaiah when he
prophesied about you—
8
‘This is a people that honour me with their lips,
While their hearts are far removed from me;
9
But vainly do they worship me,
For they teach but the precepts of men.’” note
10 Then Jesus called the people to him, and said:
11 “Listen, and mark my words. It is not what enters a
man's mouth that ‘defiles’ him, but what comes out from his
mouth—that does defile him!”
12 On this his disciples came up to him, and said:
“Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked on hearing
what you said?”
13 “Every plant,” Jesus replied, “that my heavenly Father has
not planted will be rooted up.
14 Let them be; they are but
blind guides; and, if one blind man guides another, both of
them will fall into a ditch.”
15 Upon this, Peter said to Jesus:
“Explain this saying to us.”
16 “What, do even you understand nothing yet?” Jesus exclaimed.
17 “Do not you see that whatever goes into the mouth
passes into the stomach, and is afterwards expelled?
18 But the
things that come out from the mouth proceed from the heart,
and it is these that defile a man.
19 For out of the heart proceed
evil thoughts—murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury,
slander.
20 These are the things that defile a man; but eating
with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
note
21 On going away from that place, Jesus retired to
the country round Tyre and Sidon. ⪆⪆
22 There,
a Canaanite woman of that district came out
and began calling to Jesus:
“Take pity on me, Master, Son of David; my daughter is
grievously possessed by a demon.”
23 But Jesus did not answer her a word; and his disciples came
up and begged him to send her away.
“She keeps calling out after us,” they said.
24 “I was not sent,” replied Jesus, “to any one except the lost
sheep of Israel.”
25 But the woman came, and, bowing to the ground before him,
said:
“Master, help me!”
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26 “It is not fair,” replied Jesus, “to take the children's food
and throw it to dogs.”
27 “Yes, Master,” she said, “for even dogs do feed on the scraps
that fall from their owners' table.”
28 “Your faith is great,” was his reply to the woman; “it shall
be as you wish!”
And her daughter was cured that very hour.
note
29 On leaving that place, Jesus went to the shore
of the Sea of Galilee; and then went up the hill,
and sat down.
30 Great crowds of people came
to him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled,
blind, or dumb, and many others. They put them down at
his feet, and he cured them;
31 and the crowd were astonished,
when they saw the dumb talking, the cripples made sound,
the lame walking about, and the blind with their sight
restored; and they praised the God of Israel.
note
32 Afterwards Jesus called his disciples to him,
and said:
“My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for
they have already been with me three days and they have
nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away
hungry, for fear that they should break down on the way.”
33 “Where can we,” his disciples asked, “in a lonely place find
enough bread for such a crowd as this?”
34 “How many loaves have you?” said Jesus.
“Seven,” they answered, “and a few small fish.”
35
36 Telling the crowd to sit down on the ground, Jesus took the
seven loaves and the fish, and, after saying the thanksgiving,
broke them, and gave them to the disciples; and the disciples
gave them to the crowds.
37 Every one had sufficient to eat, and
they picked up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left.
38 The
men who ate were four thousand in number, without counting
women and children. ⪆⪆
39 Then, after dismissing the
crowds, Jesus got into the boat, and went to the neighbourhood
of Magadan.
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].