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¹Then Pharisees Separated and Torah-Teachers came to Yeshua Salvation from Jerusalem City of peace, saying,

²“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

³He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

⁴For God enjoins these word, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

⁵But 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,”

⁶then he is rid of his duty to honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

⁷You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah Salvation of Yah 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.

⁹In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”

¹⁰He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.

¹¹That which enters into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

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

¹³But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

¹⁴Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

¹⁵Peter Rock answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

¹⁶So Yeshua Salvation said, “Do you also still not understand?

¹⁷Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

¹⁸But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, moicheiai ·adulteries·, porhneia ·sexual immorality·, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

²⁰These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with ritually unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

²¹Yeshua Salvation went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

²²Behold, a Canaanite Descendant of Humbled woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David Beloved! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”

²³But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

²⁴But he answered, “I was not sent to just anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel God prevails.”

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

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

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

²⁸Then Yeshua Salvation answered her, “Woman, great is your trusting faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

²⁹Yeshua Salvation departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee District, Circuit; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.

³⁰Great 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,

³¹so 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 God prevails.

³²Yeshua Salvation summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue 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.”

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

³⁴Yeshua Salvation said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

³⁵He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

³⁶and 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.

³⁷They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

³⁸Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁹Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.