1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
8 These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
21 And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.
23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.
24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.
26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
29 And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.
30 And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:
31 So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.
32 And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.
33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?
34 And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.
35 Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
36 And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
37 And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.
38 And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.
39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.
1 ALLORA gli Scribi ed i Farisei di Gerusalemme vennero a Gesù, dicendo:
2 Perchè trasgrediscono i tuoi discepoli la tradizion degli anziani? poichè non si lavano le mani, quando prendono cibo.
3 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse loro: E voi, perchè trasgredite il comandamento di Dio per la vostra tradizione?
4 Poichè Iddio ha comandato in questa maniera: Onora padre, e madre; e: Chi maledice padre, o madre, muoia di morte.
5 Ma voi dite: Chiunque avrà detto al padre, o alla madre: Tutto ciò, di che tu potresti esser da me sovvenuto, è offerta a Dio;
6 può non più onorar suo padre, e sua madre. Ed avete annullato il comandamento di Dio con la vostra tradizione.
7 Ipocriti, ben di voi profetizzò Isaia, dicendo:
8 Questo popolo si accosta a me con la bocca, e mi onora con le labbra; ma il cuor loro è lungi da me.
9 Ma invano mi onorano insegnando dottrine, che son comandamenti d’uomini
10 Poi, chiamata a sè la moltitudine, le disse: Ascoltate, ed intendete:
11 Non ciò che entra nella bocca contamina l’uomo; ma ben lo contamina ciò che esce dalla bocca.
12 Allora i suoi discepoli, accostatisi, gli dissero: Sai tu che i Farisei, udito questo ragionamento, sono stati scandalizzati?
13 Ed egli, rispondendo, disse: Ogni pianta che il padre mio celeste non ha piantata sarà diradicata.
14 Lasciateli; son guide cieche di ciechi; ora, se un cieco guida un altro cieco amendue cadranno nella fossa.
15 E Pietro, rispondendo, gli disse: Dichiaraci quella parabola.
16 E Gesù disse: Siete voi eziandio ancor privi d’intelletto?
17 Non intendete voi ancora che tutto ciò che entra nella bocca se ne va nel ventre, e poi è gettato fuori nella latrina?
18 Ma le cose che escono dalla bocca procedono dal cuore, ed esse contaminano l’uomo.
19 Poichè dal cuore procedono pensieri malvagi, omicidii, adulterii, fornicazioni, furti, false testimonianze, maldicenze.
20 Queste son le cose che contaminano l’uomo; ma il mangiare con mani non lavate non contamina l’uomo
21 POI Gesù, partitosi di là, si ritrasse nelle parti di Tiro, e di Sidon.
22 Ed ecco, una donna Cananea, uscita di que’ confini, gli gridò, dicendo: Abbi pietà di me, o Signore, figliuol di Davide! la mia figliuola è malamente tormentata dal demonio.
23 Ma egli non le rispondeva nulla. E i suoi discepoli, accostatisi, lo pregavano, dicendo: Licenziala, perciocchè ella grida dietro a noi.
24 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse: Io non son mandato se non alle pecore perdute della casa d’Israele.
25 Ed ella venne, e l’adorò, dicendo: Signore, aiutami.
26 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse: Non è cosa onesta prendere il pan de’ figliuoli, e gettarlo a’ cagnuoli.
27 Ed ella disse: Ben dici, Signore; poichè anche i cagnuoli mangiano delle miche che cadono dalla tavola de’ lor padroni.
28 Allora Gesù, rispondendo, le disse: O donna, grande è la tua fede; siati fatto come tu vuoi. E da quell’ora, la sua figliuola fu sanata
29 E GESÙ, partendo di là, venne presso al mar della Galilea; e salito sopra il monte, si pose quivi a sedere.
30 E molte turbe si accostarono a lui, le quali aveano con loro degli zoppi, dei ciechi, de’ mutoli, de’ monchi, ed altri molti; e li gettarono a’ piedi di Gesù, ed egli li sanò;
31 talchè le turbe si maravigliavano, vedendo i mutoli parlare, i monchi esser sani, gli zoppi camminare, e i ciechi vedere; e glorificarono l’Iddio d’Israele.
32 E Gesù, chiamati a sè i suoi discepoli, disse: Io ho gran pietà della moltitudine; perciocchè già tre giorni continui dimora appresso di me, e non ha di che mangiare; e pure io non voglio licenziarli digiuni, che talora non vengano meno tra via.
33 E i suoi discepoli gli dissero: Onde avremmo in un luogo deserto tanti pani, che bastassero a saziare una cotanta moltitudine?
34 E Gesù disse loro: Quanti pani avete? Ed essi dissero: Sette, e alcuni pochi pesciolini.
35 Ed egli comandò alle turbe che si mettessero a sedere in terra.
36 Poi prese i sette pani, e i pesci, e rese grazie, li ruppe, e li diede a’ suoi discepoli; e i discepoli alla moltitudine.
37 E tutti ne mangiarono, e furon saziati; poi levaron l’avanzo de’ pezzi, e ve ne furono sette panieri pieni.
38 Or coloro che avean mangiato erano quattromila uomini, oltre alle donne e i fanciulli.
39 Poi, licenziate le turbe, egli montò nella navicella, e venne ne’ confini di Magdala