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1 Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him,
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Then Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
2 “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”
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"Why are your disciples breaking the elders' rules handed down to us? They don't ritually purify their hands by washing before they eat."
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?
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Jesus replied, "Why do you break the command of God by keeping the rules handed down to you?
4 For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’
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For God said, Honor your father and your mother, and The person who speaks against father or mother will certainly be put to death.
5 But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’
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But you say, ‘If you tell your father or mother, Everything I'm expected to contribute to you I'm giving to God as a gift, then you don't have to honor your father.'
6 In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.
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So you do away with God's Law for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,
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Hypocrites! Isaiah really knew what he was talking about when he prophesied about you,
8 ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
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This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me.
9 Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’ ”
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Their worship of me is empty since they teach instructions that are human rules."
10 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “Listen,” he said, “and try to understand.
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Jesus called the crowd near and said to them, "Listen and understand.
11 It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”
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It's not what goes into the mouth that contaminates a person in God's sight. It's what comes out of the mouth that contaminates the person."
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?”
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Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended by what you just said?"
13 Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted,
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Jesus replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father didn't plant will be pulled up.
14 so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”
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Leave the Pharisees alone. They are blind people who are guides to blind people. But if a blind person leads another blind person, they will both fall into a ditch."
15 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable that says people aren’t defiled by what they eat.”
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Then Peter spoke up, "Explain this riddle to us."
16 “Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked.
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Jesus said, "Don't you understand yet?
17 “Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.
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Don't you know that everything that goes into the mouth enters the stomach and goes out into the sewer?
18 But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you.
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But what goes out of the mouth comes from the heart. And that's what contaminates a person in God's sight.
19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
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Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adultery, sexual sins, thefts, false testimonies, and insults.
20 These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”
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These contaminate a person in God's sight. But eating without washing hands doesn't contaminate in God's sight."
21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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From there, Jesus went to the regions of Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
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A Canaanite woman from those territories came out and shouted, "Show me mercy, Son of David. My daughter is suffering terribly from demon possession."
23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”
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But he didn't respond to her at all. His disciples came and urged him, "Send her away; she keeps shouting out after us."
24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
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Jesus replied, "I've been sent only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel."
25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”
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But she knelt before him and said, "Lord, help me."
26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
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He replied, "It is not good to take the children's bread and toss it to dogs."
27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
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She said, "Yes, Lord. But even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall off their masters' table."
28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.
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Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith. It will be just as you wish." And right then her daughter was healed.
29 Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat down.
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Jesus moved on from there along the shore of the Galilee Sea. He went up a mountain and sat down.
30 A vast crowd brought to him people who were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn’t speak, and many others. They laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all.
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Large crowds came to him, including those who were paralyzed, blind, injured, and unable to speak, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.
31 The crowd was amazed! Those who hadn’t been able to speak were talking, the crippled were made well, the lame were walking, and the blind could see again! And they praised the God of Israel.
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So the crowd was amazed when they saw those who had been unable to speak talking, and the paralyzed cured, and the injured walking, and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called his disciples and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, or they will faint along the way.”
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Now Jesus called his disciples and said, "I feel sorry for the crowd because they have been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry for fear they won't have enough strength to travel."
33 The disciples replied, “Where would we get enough food here in the wilderness for such a huge crowd?”
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His disciples replied, "Where are we going to get enough food in this wilderness to satisfy such a big crowd?"
34 Jesus asked, “How much bread do you have?” They replied, “Seven loaves, and a few small fish.”
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Jesus said, "How much bread do you have?" They responded, "Seven loaves and a few fish."
35 So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground.
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He told the crowd to sit on the ground.
36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to the disciples, who distributed the food to the crowd.
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He took the seven loaves of bread and the fish. After he gave thanks, he broke them into pieces and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
37 They all ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food.
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Everyone ate until they were full. The disciples collected seven baskets full of leftovers.
38 There were 4,000 men who were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children.
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Four thousand men ate, plus women and children.
39 Then Jesus sent the people home, and he got into a boat and crossed over to the region of Magadan.
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After dismissing the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan.