1: Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of
Jerusalem, saying, |
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2: Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they
wash not their hands when they eat bread. |
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3: But he answered and said unto them,
Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradition? |
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4: For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that
curseth father or mother, let him die the death. |
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5: But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a
gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; |
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6: And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have
ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. |
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7: Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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8: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me
with their lips; but their heart is far from me. |
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9: But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men. |
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10: And he called the multitude, and said unto them,
Hear, and
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11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which
cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. |
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12: Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the
Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? |
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13: But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath
not planted, shall be rooted up. |
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14: Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind
lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. |
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15: Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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16: And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
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17: Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth
goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? |
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18: But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the
heart; and they defile the man. |
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19: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: |
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20: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen
hands defileth not a man. |
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21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and
Sidon. |
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22: And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried
unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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23: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought
him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. |
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24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of
the house of Israel. |
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25: Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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26: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's
bread, and to cast it to dogs. |
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27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall
from their masters' table. |
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28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her,
O woman, great is thy faith:
be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
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29: And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of
Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. |
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30: And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were
lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
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31: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to
speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
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32: Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said,
I have compassion
on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
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33: And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread
in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? |
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34: And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said,
Seven, and a few little fishes. |
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35: And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
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36: And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and
brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. |
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37: And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took
up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. |
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38: And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and
children. |
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39: And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the
coasts of Magdala, |