1 Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,2 Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.3 But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?4 For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.5 But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever {it be} by which {received} from me thou wouldest be profited:6 and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.7 Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,8 This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;9 but in vain do they worship me, teaching {as} teachings commandments of men.10 And having called to {him} the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:11 Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.12 Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?13 But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.14 Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.15 And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.16 But he said, Are *ye* also still without intelligence?17 Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?18 but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;20 these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.21 And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;22 and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried {to him} saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to {him} and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.24 But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.25 But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.26 But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.27 But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.28 Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith {is} great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from *that* hour.29 And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;30 and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:31 so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.32 But Jesus, having called his disciples to {him}, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.33 And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in {the} wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?34 And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.35 And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;36 and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke {them} and gave {them} to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.37 And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;38 but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.39 And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.

1 Toe kom daar skrifgeleerdes en Fariseërs van Jerusalem na Jesus en sê:2 Waarom oortree u dissipels die oorlewering van die ou mense? Want hulle was nie hul hande as hulle brood eet nie.3 Maar Hy antwoord en sê vir hulle: Waarom oortree julle ook die gebod van God ter wille van julle oorlewering?4 Want God het bevel gegee en gesê: Eer jou vader en moeder; en: Hy wat vader of moeder vloek, moet sekerlik sterwe.5 Maar julle sê: Elkeen wat aan vader of moeder sê: enige voordeel wat u van my sou kan geniet, is 'n offergawe -- die hoef sy vader of sy moeder glad nie te eer nie.6 So het julle dan die gebod van God kragteloos gemaak ter wille van julle oorlewering.7 Geveinsdes, tereg het Jesaja oor julle geprofeteer toe hy gesê het:8 Hierdie volk nader My met hulle mond en eer My met die lippe, maar hulle hart is ver van My af.9 Maar tevergeefs vereer hulle My deur leringe te leer wat gebooie van mense is.10 En Hy het die skare na Hom geroep en vir hulle gesê: Luister en verstaan!11 Nie wat in die mond ingaan, maak die mens onrein nie; maar wat uit die mond uitgaan, dit maak die mens onrein.12 Daarop kom sy dissipels nader en sê vir Hom: Weet U dat die Fariseërs, toe hulle die woord hoor, aanstoot geneem het?13 Maar Hy antwoord en sê: Elke plant wat my hemelse Vader nie geplant het nie, sal ontwortel word.14 Laat hulle staan; hulle is blinde leiers van blindes. En as 'n blinde 'n ander blinde lei, sal altwee in die sloot val.15 En Petrus antwoord en sê vir Hom: Verklaar vir ons hierdie gelykenis.16 Maar Jesus sê: Is julle dan ook nog sonder verstand?17 Begryp julle nog nie dat alles wat in die mond ingaan, in die maag kom en in die heimlikheid uitgewerp word nie?18 Maar die dinge wat uit die mond uitgaan, kom uit die hart, en dit is die wat die mens onrein maak.19 Want uit die hart kom daar slegte gedagtes, moord, egbreuk, hoerery, diewery, valse getuienis, lastertaal.20 Dit is hierdie dinge wat die mens onrein maak; maar om met ongewaste hande te eet, maak die mens nie onrein nie.21 En Jesus het daarvandaan weggegaan en na die streke van Tirus en Sidon vertrek.22 En 'n Kanan,se vrou het van daardie gebied gekom en na Hom geroep en gesê: Wees my barmhartig, Here, Seun van Dawid! My dogter is erg van die duiwel besete.23 Maar Hy het haar nie 'n woord geantwoord nie. Toe kom sy dissipels nader en vra Hom en sê: Stuur haar weg, want sy roep agter ons aan.24 Maar Hy antwoord en sê: Ek is net gestuur na die verlore skape van die huis van Israel.25 Daarop kom sy en val voor Hom neer en sê: Here, help my!26 Maar Hy antwoord en sê: Dit is nie mooi om die brood van die kinders te neem en dit vir die hondjies te gooi nie.27 En sy sê: Ja, Here, maar die hondjies eet darem van die krummels wat van die tafel van hulle base afval.28 Toe antwoord Jesus en sê vir haar: o Vrou, groot is jou geloof; laat dit vir jou wees soos jy wil hê. En haar dogter het gesond geword van daardie uur af.29 Toe gaan Jesus daarvandaan weg en kom by die see van Galil,a; en Hy het op die berg geklim en daar gaan sit.30 En ondertussen kom daar groot menigtes na Hom met kreupeles, blindes, stommes, gebreklikes en baie ander by hulle, en hulle het die by die voete van Jesus neergesit, en Hy het hulle gesond gemaak,31 sodat die skare verbaas was om te sien dat stommes praat, gebreklikes gesond word, kreupeles loop en blindes sien; en hulle het die God van Israel verheerlik.32 Toe het Jesus sy dissipels na Hom geroep en gesê: Ek voel innig jammer vir die skare, omdat hulle al drie dae by My bly en niks het om te eet nie; en Ek wil hulle nie graag honger wegstuur nie, sodat hulle nie miskien op die pad beswyk nie.33 En sy dissipels sê vir Hom: Waar sal ons in die woestyn soveel brode vandaan kry om so 'n groot skare te versadig?34 Toe sê Jesus vir hulle: Hoeveel brode het julle? En hulle antwoord: Sewe, en 'n paar vissies.35 En Hy het bevel gegee aan die skare om op die grond te gaan sit.36 Toe neem Hy die sewe brode en die visse, en nadat Hy gedank het, breek Hy dit en gee dit aan sy dissipels, en die dissipels aan die skare.37 En hulle het almal geëet en versadig geword; en hulle het die oorskot van die brokstukke opgetel, sewe mandjies vol.38 En die wat geëet het, was vier duisend manne buiten die vroue en kinders.39 En nadat Hy die skare weggestuur het, het Hy in die skuit gegaan en in die gebied van M gdala gekom.