1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread."

3 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," 6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth,

and honor me with their lips;

but their heart is far from me.

9 And they worship me in vain,

teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’"

10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. 11 That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

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

13 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted. 14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

15 Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."

16 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? 17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body? 18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man."

21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!"

23 But he answered her not a word.

His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."

24 But he answered, "I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."

26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs."

27 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table."

28 Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

29 Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up on the mountain and sat there. 30 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, 31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, the injured healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."

33 The disciples said to him, "Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"

34 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?"

They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 37 They all ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. 38 Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children. 39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.

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.