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1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
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Then some P'rushim and Torah-teachers from Yerushalayim came to Yeshua and asked him,
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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"Why is it that your talmidim break the Tradition of the Elders? They don't do n'tilat-yadayim before they eat!"
3 But he answered and said unto them,Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
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He answered, "Indeed, why do you break the command of God by your tradition?
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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For God said, `Honor your father and mother,' and `Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
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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But you say, `If anyone says to his father or mother, "I have promised to give to God what I might have used to help you,"
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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then he is rid of his duty to honor his father or mother.' Thus by your tradition you make null and void the word of God!
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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You hypocrites! Yesha`yahu was right when he prophesied about you,
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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`These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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Their worship of me is useless, because they teach man-made rules as if they were doctrines.'"
10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them,Hear, and understand:
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Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand this!
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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What makes a person unclean is not what goes into his mouth; rather, what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him unclean!"
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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The talmidim came to him and said, "Do you know that the P'rushim were offended by what you said?"
13 But he answered and said,Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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He replied, "Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
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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Let them be. They are blind guides. When a blind man guides another blind man, both will fall in a pit."
15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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Kefa said to him, "Explain the parable to us."
16 And Jesus said,Are ye also yet without understanding?
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So he said, "Don't you under stand even now?
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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Don't you see that anything that enters the mouth goes into the stomach and passes out into the latrine?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
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But what comes out of your mouth is actually coming from your heart, and that is what makes a person unclean.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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For out of the heart come forth wicked thoughts, murder, adultery and other kinds of sexual immorality, theft, lies, slanders. . . .
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
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These are what really make a person unclean, but eating without doing n'tilat-yadayim does not make a person unclean."
21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
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Yeshua left that place and went off to the region of Tzor and Tzidon.
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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A woman from Kena`an who was living there came to him, pleading, "Sir, have pity on me. Son of David! My daughter is cruelly held under the power of demons!"
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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But Yeshua did not say a word to her. Then his talmidim came to him and urged him, "Send her away, because she is following us and keeps pestering us with her crying."
24 But he answered and said,I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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He said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Isra'el."
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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But she came, fell at his feet and said, "Sir, help me!"
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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He answered, "It is not right to take the children's food and toss it to their pet dogs."
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
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She said, "That is true, sir, but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their master's table."
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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Then Yeshua answered her, "Lady, you are a person of great trust. Let your desire be granted." And her daughter was healed at that very moment.
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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Yeshua left there and went along the shore of Lake Kinneret. He climbed a hill and sat down;
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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and large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.
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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The people were amazed as they saw mute people speaking, crippled people cured, lame people walking and blind people seeing; and they said a b'rakhah to the God of Isra'el.
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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Yeshua called his talmidim to him and said, "I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me three days, and now they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry, because they might collapse on the way home."
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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The talmidim said to him, "Where will we find enough loaves of bread in this remote place to satisfy so big a crowd?"
34 And Jesus saith unto them,How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
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Yeshua asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few fish."
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
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After telling the crowd to sit down on the ground,
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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he took the seven loaves and the fish, made a b'rakhah, broke the loaves and gave them to the talmidim, who gave them to the people.
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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Every one ate his fill, and they took seven large baskets full of the leftover pieces.
38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
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Those eating numbered four thousand men, plus women and children.
39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
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After sending the crowd away, he got in the boat and went off to the region of Magadan.
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Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.