¹And the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to Him when they had come from Jerusalem

And  ¹had seen that some of His disciples ate bread with common hands, that is, unwashed.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they  ¹carefully wash their hands, do not eat, holding the tradition of the  ²elders;

And when they come from the marketplace, unless they  ¹wash themselves, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to hold, the dipping of cups and pitchers and copper  ²vessels.)

And the  ¹Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with common hands?

And He said to them, Well has Isaiah prophesied concerning you  ¹hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart stays far away from Me;

But in vain do they  ¹worship Me, teaching as teachings the commandments of men.”

While leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of  ¹men.

And He said to them, You nicely  ¹set aside the commandment of God that you may keep your tradition.

For Moses said, “Honor your father and your mother,” and, “He who speaks evil of father or mother,  ¹let him be put to death.”

But you say: If a man says to his father or his mother, Whatever you would have been profited by me is now  ¹corban (that is, a gift to God),

Allow him to no longer do anything for his father or his mother.

Thus you deprive the word of God of its authority by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things similar to these you do.

And He called the crowd to Him again and said to them, Hear Me, all of you, and understand.

There is nothing outside of a man which entering into him can  ¹defile him, but the things coming out of a man are the things which defile a man.

 ¹If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

And when He entered into a house from the crowd, His disciples questioned Him concerning the parable.

And He said to them, Are you also in the same manner without understanding? Do you not understand that everything that enters from outside into a man is not able to defile him,

Because it does not enter into his heart, but into the stomach, and goes out into the drain? (In saying this, He made all foods clean.)

And He said, That which goes out of the man, that defiles the man.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, fornications, thefts, murders,

Adulteries, covetousness, wickedness,  ¹deceit, licentiousness,  ²envy, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.

All these  ¹wicked things proceed from within and defile the man.

 ¹And He rose up from there and went away into the borders of Tyre  ²and Sidon. And entering into a house, He wanted  ³no one to know about it; yet He could not escape notice.

But a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and immediately she came and fell at His feet.

Now the woman was a Greek,  ¹Syrophoenician by race. And she asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

And He said to her, First let the children be satisfied, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the  ¹little dogs.

And she answered and said to Him, Yes, Lord, but even the little dogs under the table eat of the little children's crumbs.

And He said to her, Because of this word, go. The  ¹demon has gone out of your daughter.

And she went away to her house and found the little child lying on the couch and the demon gone out.

And again He came out of the borders of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of  ¹Galilee in the midst of the borders of  ²Decapolis.

And they brought to Him  ¹one who was deaf and who spoke with difficulty, and they entreated Him to lay His hand on him.

And He took him aside from the crowd privately and  ¹put His fingers into his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

And looking up to heaven, He groaned and said to him,  ¹Ephphatha! that is, Be opened!

And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond on his tongue was released and he spoke clearly.

And He charged them  ¹not to tell anyone. But the more He charged them, so much the more they proclaimed it.

And they were utterly astounded, saying, He has done all things well; He makes both the deaf hear and the dumb speak.

 ¹In those days, since there was again a great crowd and they did not have anything to eat, He called the disciples to Him and said to them,

I am  ¹moved with compassion for the crowd, because for three days now they have  ¹remained with Me and they do  ¹not have anything to eat.

And if I send them away to their home hungry, they will  ¹faint on the way; and some of them have  ¹come from a distance.

And His disciples answered Him, Where will anyone be able to get enough to satisfy these people with bread here in this desolate place?

And He asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.

And He charged the crowd to recline on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before them, and they set them before the crowd.

And they had a few small fish, and having blessed them, He said that these also should be set before them.

And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the surplus of broken pieces,  ¹seven baskets.

And  ¹there were about four thousand people. And He sent them away.

And immediately He got into the boat with His disciples and came into the parts of  ¹Dalmanutha.

 ¹And the  ²Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a  ³sign from heaven and tempting Him.

And He  ¹groaned deeply in His spirit and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you,  ²No sign shall be given to this generation.

And leaving them, He again got into a boat and went away to the other side.

And they forgot to take bread, and except for one loaf, they did not have any with them in the boat.

And He charged them, saying, Watch! Beware of the  ¹leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

And they reasoned with one another,  ¹saying, It is because we do not have bread.

And Jesus, knowing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Do you have your heart hardened?

Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many handbaskets full of broken pieces did you take up? They said to Him, Twelve.

And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets filled with broken pieces did you take up? And they said, Seven.

And He said to them, Do you not yet understand?

And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought to Him a  ¹blind man and entreated Him to touch him.

And He  ¹took hold of the hand of the blind man and  ²led him forth outside the village. And He  ³spat on his eyes and  ⁴laid His hands on him and asked him, Do you see anything?

And he looked up and said, I  ¹see men, for I see them as trees, walking.

Then again He laid His hands upon his eyes, and the man looked intently and was  ¹restored, and he began to see all things clearly.

And He sent him to his house, saying, Do  ¹not even enter into the  ²village.

 ¹And Jesus and His disciples went out into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am?

And they told Him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.

And He questioned them, But you, who do you say that I am? Peter answered and said to Him, You are the Christ!

And He charged them  ¹not to tell anyone concerning Him.

 ¹And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise.

And He spoke this word openly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

But turning around and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.

And He called the crowd to Him with His disciples and said to them, If anyone wants to follow after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall lose it; but whoever will lose his soul-life for My sake and the gospel's shall save it.

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul-life?

For what could a man give in exchange for his soul-life?

For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.

And He said to them, Truly I say to you, there are some of those standing here who shall by no means taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come in power.

 ¹And after six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up alone into a high mountain privately. And He was  ²transfigured before them,

And His garments became sparkling, exceedingly white, such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

And Elijah with Moses appeared to them, and they were conversing with Jesus.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents, one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah.

For he did not know what to answer, for they had become extremely frightened.

And a cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud: This is My Son, the Beloved. Hear Him!

And suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone, but Jesus only with them.

And as they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them  ¹not to relate to anyone the things which they had seen, except when the Son of Man has risen from the dead.

And they kept the word, discussing among themselves what rising from the dead was.

And they asked Him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

And He said to them, Elijah does indeed come first and restore all things. And how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and be counted as nothing?

But I tell you that Elijah has  ¹indeed come, and they did to him the things that they wished, even as it is written of him.

And when  ¹they came to the disciples,  ¹they saw a great crowd around them, and some  ²scribes disputing with them.

And immediately, when all the crowd saw Him, they were amazed, and they ran to Him and greeted Him.

And He questioned them, What are you disputing with them?

 ¹And one from the crowd answered Him, Teacher, I brought to You my son, who has a dumb spirit;

And wherever it seizes him, it  ¹throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth; and he is wasting away. And I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.

And He answered them and said,  ¹O unbelieving generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.

And they brought him to Him. And when it saw Him, the spirit immediately convulsed him greatly, and falling on the earth, he rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

And He questioned his father, How long has this been happening to him? And he said, From childhood.

And it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if You can do anything,  ¹have compassion on us and help us.

And Jesus said to him,  ¹You say, If You can. All things are possible to him who believes.

Immediately, crying out, the father of the child said, I believe; help my unbelief!

And Jesus, seeing that a crowd was running together toward them, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, Dumb and deaf spirit, I order you,  ¹come out of him and enter into him no more.

And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out. And he became as though he were dead so that many said that he died.

But Jesus  ¹took hold of his hand and raised him, and he stood up.

And when He entered into the house, His disciples questioned Him privately, Why were we not able to cast it out?

And He said to them, This kind cannot come out by any means except  ¹prayer.

And they went out from there and passed through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it,

For He was teaching His disciples. And He said to them, The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, after three days He will rise.

But they did not understand this saying and were afraid to question Him.

And they came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house, He questioned them, What were you reasoning about on the way?

And they were silent, for they had argued with one another on the way about who was greater.

And He sat down and called the twelve and said to them, If anyone wants to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.

And He took a little child and set him in their midst; and  ¹taking him into His arms, He said to them,

Whoever receives one of such little children  ¹because of My name,  ²receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.

John said to Him, Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we  ¹forbade him because he does not follow us.

But Jesus said, Do  ¹not forbid him, for there is no one who will do a work of power in My name and be able soon to speak evil of Me.

For  ¹he who is not against us is for us.

For whoever gives  ¹you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name that you are  ²Christ's, truly I say to you that he shall by no means lose his  ³reward.

And whoever stumbles one of  ¹these little ones who believe into Me, it is better for him if a  ²great millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.

And if your  ¹hand stumbles you,  ²cut it off; it is better for you to enter into  ³life maimed than to have two hands and go away into  ⁴Gehenna, into  ⁵unquenchable fire.

[Some MSS insert v. 44, Where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.]

And if your foot stumbles you, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into  ¹Gehenna.

[Some MSS insert v. 46, Where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.]

And if your eye stumbles you, cast it out; it is better for you to enter into the  ¹kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,

Where their  ¹worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.

For everyone shall be  ¹salted with  ²fire.

 ¹Salt is good, but if the salt becomes  ²unsalty, with what will you restore its saltiness? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another.