Berean Standard Bible
- 1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
- 2 "Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat."
- 3 Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
- 4 For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
- 5 But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, 'Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,'
- 6 he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
- 8 'These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
- 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.'"
- 10 Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, "Listen and understand.
- 11 A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it."
- 12 Then the disciples came to Him and said, "Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"
- 13 But Jesus replied, "Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
- 14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
- 15 Peter said to Him, "Explain this parable to us."
- 16 "Do you still not understand?" Jesus asked.
- 17 "Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
- 18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
- 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- 20 These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him."
- 21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
- 22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon."
- 23 But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."
- 24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
- 25 The woman came and knelt before Him. "Lord, help me!" she said.
- 26 But Jesus replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."
- 27 "Yes, Lord," she said, "even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."
- 28 "O woman," Jesus answered, "your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
- 29 Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
- 30 Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
- 31 The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
- 32 Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way."
- 33 The disciples replied, "Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?"
- 34 "How many loaves do you have?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they replied, "and a few small fish."
- 35 And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.
- 36 Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
- 37 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- 38 A total of four thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.
- 39 After Jesus had dismissed the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
