The Tradition of the Elders
(Mark 7:1–13)

1Then the scribes and Pharisees, who are from Jerusalem, come to Jesus, saying, 2Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. 3And responding He said to them; Wherefore do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4For God commanded saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die with death. 5But you say, Whosoever may say to father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever you may be profited by me; and he shall no longer honor his father or his mother. 6You made void the commandment of God by your tradition. 7Ye hypocrites, beautifully did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying,

8This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

9But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

What Defiles a Man
(Mark 7:14–23)

10And calling the multitude to Him, He said to them, Hear and understand: 11That if which cometh into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which cometh out from the mouth, that defiles the man.

12Then His disciples having come to Him say, Do you not know that the Pharisees hearing your word, were offended? 13And He responding said, Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant, shall be rooted up. 14Let them alone: the blind are leaders of the blind: if the blind may lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.

15Peter responding said to Him, Explain unto us the parable. 16And Jesus said, Are you indeed still without understanding?

17Do you know that everything entering into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into excrement? 18But those things going out from the mouth come forth from the heart; and these pollute the man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil reasonings, murders, fornications, adulteries, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. 20These are the things which defile the man: but to eat bread with unwashed hands does not defile the man.

The Faith of the Canaanite Woman
(Mark 7:24–30)

21And Jesus having come out thence, departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. 22And behold, a Canaanitish woman having come out from those coasts, cried unto Him saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is terribly demonized. 23And He responded to her not a word; and His disciples, having come to Him, asked Him, saying, Send her away; because she cries after us. 24And He responding said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25And having come she continued to worship Him, saying, Lord, assist me. 26He responding said, It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the little dogs. 27And she said, Yea, Lord: for the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from their master's table. 28Then Jesus responding said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; let it be done unto thee as thou dost wish. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

The Feeding of the Four Thousand
(Mark 8:1–10)

29And Jesus having departed thence, came to the Sea of Galilee; and having gone up into the mountain, He was sitting there. 30And many multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deaf, the maimed, and many others, and laid them down at the feet of Jesus; and He healed them: 31so that the multitudes were astonished, seeing the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking about, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.

32And Jesus calling His disciples to Him, said, I sympathize with the multitude, because already three days abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat; I do not wish to send them away fasting, lest they may faint on the road. 33And His disciples say to Him, Whence is there to us so much bread in the wilderness, as to feed so great a multitude? 34And Jesus says to them; How much bread have ye? And they said, Seven loaves and a few fishes. 35He having commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground, 36He took the seven loaves and the fishes; having given thanks, He broke them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up the residue of fragments, seven baskets full. 38And those eating were about tour thousand men, besides women and children.

39And having sent away the multitudes, He went into a ship and came into the coasts of Magdala.