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7 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came to Him from Jerusalem.
2 And when they saw some of His disciples eat with common hands (that is to say, unwashed), they complained.
3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they have washed their hands, holding to the traditions of the elders.
4 And when they come from the market, they do not eat until they have washed. And there are many other things there which they have taken upon themselves to observe - such as the washing of cups and pots and of metal vessels and of meal mats).
5 Then the Pharisees and Scribes asked Jesus, “Why do not Your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”
6 Then He answered and said to them, “Surely Isaiah has prophesied well of you, hypocrites. As it is written, ‘This people honors Me with lips, but their heart is far away from Me.
7 ‘But they worship Me in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 For you lay the Commandments of God aside, and observe the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots, and of cups. And there are many other such things that you do.”
9 And He said to them, “You reject the Commandment of God, that you may observe your own tradition.
10 “For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your Mother. And whoever shall speak evil of father or mother, let him die the death.’
11 “But you say, ‘If a man says to father or mother, ‘Corban’(that is, ‘By the gift that is offered by me, you may have profit), he shall be free.’
12 “So you don’t require him to do anything for his father or his mother,
13 “making the Word of God of no authority by your tradition which you have ordained. And you do many such things.”
14 Then He called the whole multitude to Him, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand!
15 “There is nothing outside of a man that can defile him when it enters into him. But the things which proceed out of him are those which defile the man.
16 “If any have ears to hear, let him hear.”
17 And when He came into a house, away from the people, his disciples asked Him about the parable.
18 And He said to them, “What? Are you without understanding also? Do you not know that whatever thing enters a man from outside cannot defile him,
19 “because it did not enter into his heart, but into the belly. And it goes out into the draught, which is the purging of all food?”
20 Then He said, “That which comes out of man, that defiles man.
21 “For from within, even out of the heart of man, proceeds evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 “thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishness.
23 “All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
24 And from there, He rose and went into Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house. And He would have preferred that no one should have known. But He could not be hidden.
25 For a certain woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him and came and fell at His feet
26 And the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by nationality. And she begged Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
27 But Jesus said to her, “Let the children first be fed. For it is not good to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.
28 Then she answered, and said to Him, “True, Lord. Indeed, even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.”
29 Then He said to her, “Because you have said this, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 And when she had come home to her house, she found the demon departed, and her daughter lying on the bed.
31 And He left the coasts of Tyre and Sidon and came to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they brought to Him one who was deaf and stammered in his speech and asked him to put His hand upon Him.
33 Then He took him aside from the crowd, and put His fingers on his ears, and spat, and touched his tongue.
34 And looking up to Heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha.” That is, “Be opened.”
35 And immediately his ears were opened. And his vocal chords were released. And he spoke plainly.
36 And He commanded them that they should tell no one. But as much as He forbade them, the more they proclaimed it.
37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well! He makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak!”
8 In those days, when there was a very great multitude and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them,
2 “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
3 “And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they would faint on the way.” For some of them came from far away.
4 Then His disciples answered Him, “How can we give them bread here in the wilderness?”
5 And He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”
6 Then He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks; broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them. And they set them before the people.
7 They had also a few small fishes. And when He had given thanks, He commanded them also to be set before them.
8 So they ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left.
9 And those who had eaten were about four thousand. So, He sent them away.
10 And soon, He entered into a ship with His disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth and began to dispute with Him, seeking a sign of Heaven from Him, and tempting Him.
12 Then He sighed deeply in His Spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, a sign shall not be given to this generation.”
13 So He left them and went into the ship again and departed to the other side.
14 And they had forgotten to take bread with them and had only one loaf in the ship with them.
15 And He charged them, saying, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.”
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”
17 And when Jesus knew it, He said to them, “Why do you reason ‘because we have no bread’? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Are your hearts still hardened?
18 “Do you have eyes and not see? And do you have ears and not hear? And do you not remember?
19 “When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to Him, “Twelve.”
20 “And when I broke seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you take up?” And they said, “Seven.”
21 Then He said to them, “How is it that you do not understand?”
22 And He came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Him and asked Him to touch him.
23 Then he took the blind by the hand and led him out of the town; and spit in his eyes and put His hands upon him and asked him if he saw anything.
24 And he looked up, and said, “I see men, walking, like trees.”
25 After that, He put his hands upon his eyes again and made him look again. And his sight was restored. And he saw everyone clearly from far way.
26 And He sent him home to his house, saying, “Do not go into the town. And do not tell of this to anyone in the town.”
27 And Jesus went out with His disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And along the way He asked His disciples, saying to them, “Whom do men say that I am?”
28 And they answered, “Some say, John Baptist. And some, Elijah. And some, one of the Prophets.”
29 And He said to them, “But whom do you say that I am?” Then Peter answered, and said to Him, “You are the Christ.”
30 And He sharply charged them that they should tell no one about Him.
31 Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and would be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes; and be killed; and within three days, rise again.
32 And He spoke that thing boldly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
33 Then He turned back and looked at His disciples and rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not understand the things that are of God, but the things that are of man!”
34 And He called the people to Him, with His disciples, and said to them, “Whoever will follow Me, let him forsake himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
35 “For whoever will save his life, shall lose it. But whoever shall lose his life, for My sake, and the Gospel’s, shall save it.
36 “For what shall it profit a man, though he should win the whole world, if he loses his soul?
37 “Or what shall a man exchange for his soul?
38 “For whoever among this adulterous and sinful generation shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him shall the Son of Man also be ashamed when He comes in the Glory of His Father with the holy angels.”
9 And He said to them, “Truly I say to you that there are some of those who stand here who shall not taste of death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power.”
2 And six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, and James, and John, and brought them up into a high mountain, out of the way, alone. And His shape was changed before them.
3 And His clothing shined, and was very white, as snow; whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.
4 And Elijah appeared to them, with Moses. And they were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tabernacles; one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
6 Yet he did not know what he said. For they were afraid.
7 And there was a cloud that shadowed them. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him.”
8 And suddenly they looked around and saw no one, except Jesus.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, He instructed them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead again.
10 So they kept that matter to themselves and asked each another what the ‘rising from the dead again’ might mean.
11 Also they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12 And He answered, and said to them, “Elijah truly shall come first, and restore all things. And as it is written of the Son of Man, He must suffer many things and be rejected.
13 “But I say to you, that Elijah has come. And they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.”
14 And when He came to His disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and the scribes disputing with them.
15 And immediately all the people, when they saw Him, were amazed and ran to Him and greeted Him.
16 Then He asked the scribes, “What are you disputing among yourselves?”
17 And one of the crowd answered, and said, “Master, I have brought my son to You, who has a mute spirit!
18 And wherever I have taken him, the spirit has seized him. And he foams and gnashes his teeth and pines away. And I asked Your disciples to cast him out and they could not.”
19 Then Jesus answered him, and said, “O faithless generation! How long now shall I be with you? How long now shall I put up with you?! Bring him to Me.”
20 So they brought him to Jesus. And as soon as the spirit saw Him, he seized the child. And he fell down on the ground wallowing and foaming.
21 Then He asked his father, “How long has he been this way?” And he said, “His whole childhood.
22 “And often he casts him into the fire, or into the water, to destroy him. But if You can do anything, help us and have compassion upon us.”
23 And Jesus said to him, “If you can believe it, all things are possible to the one who believes.”
24 And immediately the father of the child, crying with tears, said, “Lord, I believe! Help my unbelief!”
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you come out of him! And enter into him no more!”
26 Then the spirit cried, and seized the child again, and came out. And the child was as one dead; so much so that many said, “He is dead.”
27 But Jesus took his hand and lifted him up. And he arose.
28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him secretly, “Why couldn’t we cast him out?”
29 And He said to them, “This kind can come forth by no other means but prayer and fasting.”
30 And they left there and went together through Galilee. And He would not allow them to tell anyone.
31 For He taught His disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man shall be delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him. But after He is killed, He shall rise again the third day.”
32 But they did not understand that saying and were afraid to ask Him.
33 After that, He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you disputing among you on the way?”
34 And they kept silent. For along the way they had debated who should be first among them.
35 And He sat down and called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant to all.”
36 And He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And He took him in His arms and said to them,
37 “Whoever shall receive one of these little children in My Name, receives Me. And whoever receives Me, receives not Me, but He Who sent Me.”
38 Then John answered Him, saying, “Master, we saw one casting out demons by Your Name who does not follow us. And we forbade him because he does not follow us.”
39 But Jesus said, “Do no forbid him. For there is no one who can do a miracle by My Name who can lightly speak evil of Me.
40 “For whoever is not against us, is on our side.
41 “And whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink for My Name’s sake (because you belong to Christ), truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
42 “And whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believes in Me to stumble, it were better for him if a millstone were hanged around his neck and that he were cast into the sea.
43 “So if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed, than to have two hands and go into Hell; into the fire that never shall be quenched,
44 ‘Where their worm dies not, and the fire never goes out.’
45 “Likewise, if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, than to have two feet and be cast into Hell; into the fire that never shall be quenched,
46 ‘Where their worm dies not, and the fire never goes out.’
47 “And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to go into the Kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into Hell fire,
48 ‘Where their worm dies not, and the fire never goes out.’
49 “For everyone shall be salted with fire. And every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50 “Salt is good, but if the salt is tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned? Have salt in yourselves and have peace one with another.”
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