115.1-20: Mk 7.1-23.Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3He answered them, “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 415.4: Ex 20.12; Deut 5.16; Ex 21.17; Lev 20.9.For God commanded, ‘Honour your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.’ 5But you say, ‘If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God,15.5 Or an offering he need not honour his father.’ 6So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word15.6 Other ancient authorities read law of God. 7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

815.8-9: Is 29.13.‘This people honours me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me;

9in vain do they worship me,

teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ ”

10And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: 1115.11: Acts 10.14-15; 1 Tim 4.3.not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” 12Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” 1315.13: Is 60.21; Jn 15.2.He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. 1415.14: Lk 6.39; Mt 23.16, 24; Rom 2.19.Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” 15But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?15.17 Or is evacuated 18But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man. 1915.19: Gal 5.19-21; 1 Cor 6.9-10; Rom 14.14.For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. 20These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

Tyre and Sidon

2115.21-28: Mk 7.24-30.And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” 23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” 2415.24: Mt 10.6, 23.He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 2515.25: Mt 8.2; 18.26; 20.20; Jn 9.38.But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” 2815.28: Mt 9.22, 28; Mk 10.52; Lk 7.50; 17.19.Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

By the Sea of Galilee

2915.29-31: Mk 7.31-37.And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there. 30And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the dumb, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31so that the throng wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

Four thousand fed

3215.32-39: Mk 8.1-10; Mt 14.13-21.15.32: Mt 9.36.Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” 33And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?” 34And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves have you?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 38Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39And sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Mag'adan.