Human Traditions and God’s Commandments

¹ Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

² “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat ⌞a meal⌟.”¹

1. Literally “bread”

³ So he answered and¹ said to them, “Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition?

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

⁴ For God said, ‘Honor your¹ father and your² mother,’³ and ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother ⌞must certainly die⌟⁴.’⁵

1. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
2. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
3. A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
4. Literally “let him die the death”
5. A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9

⁵ But you say, ‘Whoever says to his¹ father or his² mother, “Whatever ⌞benefit you would have received⌟³ from me is a gift to God,”

1. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
2. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
3. Literally “you would have been benefited”

⁶ need not honor his father,’¹ and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

1. Most later manuscripts add “or his mother”

⁷ Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,

⁸ ‘This people honors me with their¹ lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,

1. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

⁹ and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”¹

1. A quotation from Isa 29:13

Defilement from Within

¹⁰ And summoning the crowd, he said to them, “Hear and understand:

¹¹ It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”

¹² Then the disciples came and¹ said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they² heard this saying?”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb
2. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal

¹³ And he answered and¹ said, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

¹⁴ Let¹ them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

1. Or “Depart from”

¹⁵ But Peter answered and¹ said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

¹⁶ But he said, “Are you also still without understanding?

¹⁷ Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and is evacuated into the latrine?

¹⁸ But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.

¹⁹ For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

²⁰ These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!”

A Canaanite Woman’s Great Faith

²¹ And departing from there, Jesus went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

²² And behold, a Canaanite woman from that district came and cried out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”

²³ But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up and¹ asked him, saying, “Send her away, because she is crying out after us!”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb

²⁴ But he answered and¹ said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

²⁵ But she came and¹ knelt down before him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb

²⁶ And he answered and¹ said, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it² to the dogs!”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
2. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

²⁷ So she said, “Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

²⁸ Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you want.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Many Others Healed in Galilee

²⁹ And departing from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up on the mountain and¹ was sitting there.

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went up”) has been translated as a finite verb

³⁰ And large crowds came to him, having with them the mute, blind, lame, crippled,¹ and many others, and they put them down at his feet, and he healed them.

1. Some manuscripts have “the lame, blind, crippled, mute”

³¹ So then the crowd was astonished when they¹ saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

1. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal

The Feeding of Four Thousand

³² And Jesus summoned his disciples and¹ said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat, and I do not want to send them away hungry lest they give out on the way.”

1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“summoned”) has been translated as a finite verb

³³ And the disciples said to him, “Where in this desolate place ⌞can we get⌟¹ so much bread that such a great crowd could be satisfied?”

1. Literally “for us”

³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” So they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”

³⁵ And commanding the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground,

³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fish and after he¹ had given thanks, he broke them² and began giving³ them⁴ to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

1. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had given thanks”) which is understood as temporal
2. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
3. The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began giving”)
4. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

³⁷ And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

³⁸ Now those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.

³⁹ And after he¹ sent away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

1. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had given thanks”) which is understood as temporal