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1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
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Then the scribes and the Pharisees came to him from Jerusalem, and said, [Then scribes and Pharisees came nigh to him from Jerusalem, saying,]
2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
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Why break thy disciples the traditions of elder men [Why thy disciples break the traditions, either the teachings, of elder men]? for they wash not their hands, when they eat bread.
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
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He answered, and said to them, Why [also] break ye the commandment of God for your tradition?
4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
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For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother [Honour thy father and mother], and he that curseth father or mother, die he by death.
5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’
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But ye say, Whoever saith to father or mother [But ye say, Whoever shall say to the father or mother], Whatever gift is of me, it shall profit to thee;
6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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and he hath not worshipped his father or his mother [and he shall not honour his father either mother]; and ye have made the commandment of God void for your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
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Hypocrites, Esaias, the prophet, prophesied well of you, and said [saying],
8 “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
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This people honoureth me with lips, but their heart is far from me;
9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’”
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and they worship me without cause [truly they worship me without cause], teaching the doctrines and the commandments of men.
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
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And when the people were called together to him, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand ye. [+And the companies called together to him, he said to them, Hear, and understand.]
11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
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That thing that entereth into the mouth, defouleth not a man [Not that thing that entereth into the mouth, defouleth a man]; but that thing that cometh out of the mouth, defouleth a man.
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
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Then his disciples came, and said to him, Thou knowest, that, if this word be heard, the Pharisees be offended? [Then his disciples coming nigh said to him, Knowest thou, that, this word heard, Pharisees be offended?]
13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
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And he answered, and said, Every planting, that my Father of heaven hath not planted [which my Father of heaven hath not planted], shall be drawn up by the root.
14 Leave them; they are blind guides.If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
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Suffer ye them; they be blind, and leaders of blind men. And if a blind man lead a blind man, both fall into the ditch [both fall down into the ditch].
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
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Peter answered, and said to him, Expound to us this parable.
16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
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And he said, Yet be ye also without understanding/Yet ye be without understanding? [And he said, Yet also ye be without understanding?]
17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
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Understand ye not, that all thing that entereth into the mouth, goeth into the womb, and is sent out into the going away?
18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
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But those things that come forth from the mouth, go out from the heart [go out of the heart], and those things defoul the man.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
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For of the heart go out evil thoughts [For out of the heart cometh evil thoughts], manslayings, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies.
20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
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These things it be that defoul a man; but to eat with hands not washed [soothly for to eat with hands unwashen], defouleth not a man.
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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And Jesus went out from thence, and went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
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And lo! a woman of Canaan went out of those coasts, and cried, and said to him [saying to him], Lord, the son of David, have mercy on me; my daughter is evil travailed of a fiend [my daughter is evil travailed of a devil].
23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
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And he answered not to her a word. And his disciples came, and prayed him, and said, Let go thou her, for she crieth after us [And his disciples coming to, prayed him, saying, Leave thou her, for she crieth after us].
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
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[Forsooth] He answered, and said, I am not sent, but to the sheep of the house of Israel that have perished. [Forsooth he answering saith, I am not sent, no but to the sheep of the house of Israel that perished.]
25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
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And she came, and worshipped him, and said, Lord, help me. [But she came, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.]
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
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Which answered, and said, It is not good to take the bread of children, and cast [it] to hounds.
27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
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And she said, Yes, Lord; for [the] whelps eat of the crumbs, that fall down from the board of their lords?.
28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
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Then Jesus answered, and said to her, A! woman [O! thou woman], thy faith is great; be it done to thee, as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
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And when Jesus had passed from thence, he came beside the sea of Galilee. And he went up into an hill, and sat there.
30 Great 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.
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And much people came to him, and had with them dumb men and crooked [men], feeble and blind, and many others; and they casted down them at his feet. And he healed them, [And many companies came nigh to him, having with them dumb men and crooked men, feeble and blind, and many others; and they cast them down at his feet. And he healed them,]
31 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
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so that the people wondered [so that the companies wondered], seeing dumb men speaking, and crooked [men] going, blind men seeing; and they magnified God of Israel.
32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; 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 collapse on the way.”
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And Jesus, when his disciples were called together, said to them, I have ruth of the people, for they have abided now three days with me, and have nothing to eat; and I will not let them go fasting, lest they fail in the way. [+Forsooth Jesus said to his disciples called together, I have ruth of the company, for now three days they dwell still with me, and they have nothing that they shall eat; and I will not leave them fasting, lest they fail in the way.]
33 His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
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And the disciples say to him, Whereof then so many loaves among us in desert, to fulfill so great a people [that we fill so great a company]?
34 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
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And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. [+And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.]
35 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.
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And he commanded the people, to sit to meat on the earth. [And he commanded the company, that they should sit to the meat on the earth.]
36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.
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And he took the seven loaves and five fishes, and did thankings, and brake them, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples gave to the people.
37 They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
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And all ate, and were fulfilled, and they took that that was left of remnants, seven baskets full. [And all ate, and were filled, and they took that that was over of the reliefs, seven baskets full.]
38 The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children.
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And they that ate were four thousand of men, without little children and women.
39 After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
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And when he had let go the people [And, the company left], he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
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