1 Então, vieram de Jerusalém a Jesus alguns fariseus e escribas e perguntaram: 2 Por que transgridem os teus discípulos a tradição dos anciãos? Pois não lavam as mãos, quando comem. 3 Ele, porém, lhes respondeu: Por que transgredis vós também o mandamento de Deus, por causa da vossa tradição? 4 Porque Deus ordenou:

Honra a teu pai e a tua mãe;

e:

Quem maldisser a seu pai ou a sua mãe seja punido de morte.

5 Mas vós dizeis: Se alguém disser a seu pai ou a sua mãe: É oferta ao Senhor aquilo que poderias aproveitar de mim; 6 esse jamais honrará a seu pai ou a sua mãe. E, assim, invalidastes a palavra de Deus, por causa da vossa tradição. 7 Hipócritas! Bem profetizou Isaías a vosso respeito, dizendo:

8 Este povo honra-me com os lábios, mas o seu coração está longe de mim.

9 E em vão me adoram, ensinando doutrinas que são preceitos de homens.

10 E, tendo convocado a multidão, lhes disse: Ouvi e entendei: 11 não é o que entra pela boca o que contamina o homem, mas o que sai da boca, isto, sim, contamina o homem. 12 Então, aproximando-se dele os discípulos, disseram: Sabes que os fariseus, ouvindo a tua palavra, se escandalizaram? 13 Ele, porém, respondeu: Toda planta que meu Pai celestial não plantou será arrancada. 14 Deixai-os; são cegos, guias de cegos. Ora, se um cego guiar outro cego, cairão ambos no barranco. 15 Então, lhe disse Pedro: Explica-nos a parábola. 16 Jesus, porém, disse: Também vós não entendeis ainda? 17 Não compreendeis que tudo o que entra pela boca desce para o ventre e, depois, é lançado em lugar escuso? 18 Mas o que sai da boca vem do coração, e é isso que contamina o homem. 19 Porque do coração procedem maus desígnios, homicídios, adultérios, prostituição, furtos, falsos testemunhos, blasfêmias. 20 São estas as coisas que contaminam o homem; mas o comer sem lavar as mãos não o contamina.

21 Partindo Jesus dali, retirou-se para os lados de Tiro e Sidom. 22 E eis que uma mulher cananeia, que viera daquelas regiões, clamava: Senhor, Filho de Davi, tem compaixão de mim! Minha filha está horrivelmente endemoninhada. 23 Ele, porém, não lhe respondeu palavra. E os seus discípulos, aproximando-se, rogaram-lhe: Despede-a, pois vem clamando atrás de nós. 24 Mas Jesus respondeu: Não fui enviado senão às ovelhas perdidas da casa de Israel. 25 Ela, porém, veio e o adorou, dizendo: Senhor, socorre-me! 26 Então, ele, respondendo, disse: Não é bom tomar o pão dos filhos e lançá-lo aos cachorrinhos. 27 Ela, contudo, replicou: Sim, Senhor, porém os cachorrinhos comem das migalhas que caem da mesa dos seus donos. 28 Então, lhe disse Jesus: Ó mulher, grande é a tua fé! Faça-se contigo como queres. E, desde aquele momento, sua filha ficou sã.

29 Partindo Jesus dali, foi para junto do mar da Galileia; e, subindo ao monte, assentou-se ali. 30 E vieram a ele muitas multidões trazendo consigo coxos, aleijados, cegos, mudos e outros muitos e os largaram junto aos pés de Jesus; e ele os curou. 31 De modo que o povo se maravilhou ao ver que os mudos falavam, os aleijados recobravam saúde, os coxos andavam e os cegos viam. Então, glorificavam ao Deus de Israel.

32 E, chamando Jesus os seus discípulos, disse: Tenho compaixão desta gente, porque há três dias que permanece comigo e não tem o que comer; e não quero despedi-la em jejum, para que não desfaleça pelo caminho. 33 Mas os discípulos lhe disseram: Onde haverá neste deserto tantos pães para fartar tão grande multidão? 34 Perguntou-lhes Jesus: Quantos pães tendes? Responderam: Sete e alguns peixinhos. 35 Então, tendo mandado o povo assentar-se no chão, 36 tomou os sete pães e os peixes, e, dando graças, partiu, e deu aos discípulos, e estes, ao povo. 37 Todos comeram e se fartaram; e, do que sobejou, recolheram sete cestos cheios. 38 Ora, os que comeram eram quatro mil homens, além de mulheres e crianças. 39 E, tendo despedido as multidões, entrou Jesus no barco e foi para o território de Magadã.

1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God; 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition. 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

8 This people honoreth me with their lips;

But their heart is far from me.

9 But in vain do they worship me,

Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

10 And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man. 12 Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit. 15 And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable. 16 And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding? 17 Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings: 20 these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

21 And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs. 27 But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

29 And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. 30 And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them: 31 insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way. 33 And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude? 34 And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 36 and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 37 And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. 38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.

1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"

3 Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of 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.' [^2]

5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is 'devoted to God,'

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.

7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

8 "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.' ""

10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen 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."

12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"

13 He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

14 Leave them; they are blind guides. "If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."

15 Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."

16 "Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.

17 "Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?

18 But the things that come out of a person's mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.

19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts —murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them."

21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region 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."

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."

24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."

25 The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said.

26 He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."

27 "Yes it is, Lord," she said. "Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

28 Then Jesus said to her, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed at that moment.

29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.

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.

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.

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."

33 His disciples answered, "Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?"

34 "How many loaves do you have?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they replied, "and a few small fish."

35 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.

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.

37 They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

38 The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children.

39 After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.