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Mark 6:38 / 1156
38 “How many loaves do you have?” he
asked. “Go and see.”
When they found out, they said,
“Five — and two fish.”
39 Then Jesus dir ecte d them to have
all the people sit down in g roups on the
green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups
of hundreds and fifties. 41 Taking the five
loaves and the two fish and looking up
to heaven, he gave t hanks and broke the
loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples
to distribute to the people. He also div id
ed the two fish a mong them all. 42 They
all ate and were satisf ied, 43 and the disci
ples picked up t welve basketf uls of broken
pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of
the men who had eaten was five thousand.
Jesus Walks on the Water
45 Immed iatel y Jesus made his disc i
ples get into the boat and go on a head of
him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the
crowd. 46 After leaving them, he went up
on a mountainside to pray.
47 Later that night, the boat was in the
midd le of the lake, and he was a lone on
land. 48 He saw the disciples straining at
the oars, because the wind was a gainst
them. Shortly before dawn he went out to
them, walking on the lake. He was about
to pass by them, 49 but when they saw him
walking on the lake, they thought he was
a ghost. They cried out, 50 because they all
saw him and were terrif ied.
Immediately he spoke to them and said,
“Take courage! It is I. Don’t be a fraid.”
51 Then he c limbed into the boat with
them, and the wind died down. They
were completely a mazed, 52 for they had
not understood about the loaves; t heir
hearts were hardened.
53 When they had c rossed over, they
lande d at Genn esa r et and anc hored
t here. 54 As soon as they got out of the
boat, people recognized Jesus. 55 They ran
throughout that whole reg ion and carr ied
the sick on mats to wherever they heard
he was. 56 And wherever he went — into
vill age s, towns or count rys ide — t hey
placed the sick in the marketplaces. They
begged him to let them touch even the
edge of his c loak, and all who touched it
were healed.
That Which Defiles
7
The Pharisees and some of the
teachers of the law who had come
from Jer usalem gathered a round
Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eat
ing food with hands that were def iled,
that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all
the Jews do not eat unless they give their
hands a ceremon ia l washing, holding to
the trad it ion of the elders. 4 When they
come from the marketplace they do not
eat unless they wash. And they observe
many other traditions, such as the wash
ing of cups, pitchers and kett les. a )
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the
law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disci
ples live according to the tradition of the
elders instead of eating t heir food with
def iled hands?”
6 He replied, “Isaiah was r ight when he
prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is
written:
“ ‘These people honor me with their
lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human
rules.’ b
8 You
have let go of the commands of God
and are holding on to human traditions.”
9 And he cont inued, “You have a fine
way of setting aside the commands of God
in order to observe c your own traditions!
10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your fat her and
mother,’ d and, ‘Anyone who curses their
fat her or mother is to be put to death.’ e
11 But you say that if anyone dec lares that
what might have been used to help their
fat her or mother is Corban (that is, de
voted to God) — 12 then you no longer let
them do anything for their father or moth
er. 13 Thus you nullif y the word of God by
your tradition that you have handed down.
And you do many things like that.”
14 Again Jesus called the c rowd to him
and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and un
derstand this. 15 Nothing outside a person
a 4 Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and
dining couches b 6,7 Isaiah 29:13 c 9 Some
manuscripts set up d 10 Exodus 20:12; Deut.
5:16 e 10 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9