1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat
3 So he answered
4 For God said, ‘Honor your
5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his
6 need not honor his father,’
7 Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,
8 ‘This people honors me with their
9 and they worship me in vain,
10 And summoning the crowd, he said to them, “Hear and understand:
11 It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”
12 Then the disciples came
13 And he answered
14 Let
15 But Peter answered
16 But he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
17 Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and is evacuated into the latrine?
18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.
19 For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.
20 These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!”
21 And departing from there, Jesus went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that district came
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up
24 But he answered
25 But she came
26 And he answered
27 So she said, “Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 Then Jesus answered
29 And departing from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up on the mountain
30 And large crowds came to him, having with them
31 So then the crowd was astonished
32 And Jesus summoned his disciples
33 And the disciples said to him, “Where in
34 And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” So they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
35 And commanding the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground,
36 he took the seven loaves and the fish and
37 And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.
38 Now those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
39 And