1 Then 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.”
3 He answered them, “Why do you also
disobey the commandment of God because
of your tradition?
4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father
and your mother,’* and, ‘He who
speaks evil of father or mother, let him be
put to death.’*
5 But 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,”
6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’
You have made the commandment of God
void because of your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy
of you, saying,
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their
mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
9 And they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrine rules made by
men.’ ”*
10 He summoned the multitude, and said
to them, “Hear, and understand.
11 That which enters into the mouth
doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds
out of the mouth, this defiles the
man.”
12 Then the disciples came and said to
him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were
offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But he answered, “Every plant which
my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be
uprooted.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind
guides of the blind. If the blind guide the
blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Peter answered him, “Explain the
parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not
understand?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever
goes into the mouth passes into the belly
and then out of the body?
18 But the things which proceed out of
the mouth come out of the heart, and they
defile the man.
19 For out of the heart come evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins,
thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
20 These are the things which defile the
man; but to eat with unwashed hands
doesn’t defile the man.” 21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew
into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Behold, 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!”
23 But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying,
“Send her away; for she cries after us.”
24 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to
anyone but the lost sheep of the house of
Israel.” 25 But she came and worshiped him, saying,
“Lord, help me.”
26 But he answered, “It is not appropriate
to take the children’s bread and throw it to
the dogs.”
27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the
dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
masters’ table.” 28 Then 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.
29 Jesus departed from there and came
near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up
on the mountain and sat there.
1 Then 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.”
3 He answered them, “Why do you also
disobey the commandment of God because
of your tradition?
4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father
and your mother,’* and, ‘He who
speaks evil of father or mother, let him be
put to death.’*
5 But 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,”
6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’
You have made the commandment of God
void because of your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy
of you, saying,
8 ‘These people draw near to me with their
mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
9 And they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrine rules made by
men.’ ”*
10 He summoned the multitude, and said
to them, “Hear, and understand.
11 That which enters into the mouth
doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds
out of the mouth, this defiles the
man.”
12 Then the disciples came and said to
him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were
offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But he answered, “Every plant which
my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be
uprooted.
14 Leave them alone. They are blind
guides of the blind. If the blind guide the
blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Peter answered him, “Explain the
parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not
understand?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever
goes into the mouth passes into the belly
and then out of the body?
18 But the things which proceed out of
the mouth come out of the heart, and they
defile the man.
19 For out of the heart come evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins,
thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
20 These are the things which defile the
man; but to eat with unwashed hands
doesn’t defile the man.”
21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew
into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Behold, 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!”
23 But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying,
“Send her away; for she cries after us.”
24 But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to
anyone but the lost sheep of the house of
Israel.” 25 But she came and worshiped him, saying,
“Lord, help me.”
26 But he answered, “It is not appropriate
to take the children’s bread and throw it to
the dogs.”
27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the
dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
masters’ table.” 28 Then 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.
29 Jesus departed from there and came
near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up
on the mountain and sat there.
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