6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is
written, This people honoureth me with theirlips, but their heart is far from me.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching fordoctrines the commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, asthe washing of
pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your
own tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let
him die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It isCorban, that is to say, a gift, by
whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and
many such like things do ye.
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every
one of you, and understand:
15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things
which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning
the parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that
whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, itcannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught,
purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications,
murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an
house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
25 For a certainwoman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came
and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast
forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast itunto the dogs.
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the
children's crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid
upon the bed.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee,
through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they
beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and
touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake
plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much
the more a great deal they published it;
37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both
the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his
disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have
nothing to eat:
3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of
them came from far.
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these menwith bread here in
the wilderness?
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and
gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them
before the people.
7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before
them.
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meatthat was left seven
baskets.
9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of
Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from
heaven, tempting him.
12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?
verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
14 Now the discipleshad forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more
than one loaf.
15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and ofthe
leaven of Herod.
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It isbecause we have no bread.
17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread?
perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took
ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?
And they said, Seven.
21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch
him.
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on
24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
25 After that he put hishands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored,
and saw every man clearly.
26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell itto any in the
town.
27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way
he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto
him, Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of
the elders, and ofthe chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee
behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
34 And when he had called the people unto himwith his disciples also, he said unto them,
Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake
and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his
Father with the holy angels.
1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here,
which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2 And after six days Jesus taketh with himPeter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up
into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white
them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make
three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying,
This is my beloved Son: hear him.
8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only
with themselves.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what
things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising
from the dead should mean.
11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how
it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they
listed, as it is written of him.
