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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
understand: |
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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. |
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