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the two fish among them all . 42 They all ate and were sat is fied , 43 and the dis ci ples picked up twelve bas ket fuls of bro ken piec es of bread and fish . 44 The num ber of the men who had eat en was five thou sand .
Jesus Walks on the Water
45 Im me di ate ly Jesus made his dis ciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Beth sa i da , while he dis missed the crowd . 46 Af ter leav ing them , he went up on a moun tain side to pray .
47 Later that night , the boat was in the
mid dle of the lake , and he was alone on land . 48 He saw the dis ci ples strain ing at the oars , be cause the wind was against them . Short ly be fore dawn he went out to them , walk ing on the lake . He was about to pass by them , 49 but when they saw him walk ing on the lake , they thought he was a ghost . They cried out , 50 be cause they all saw him and were ter ri fied .
Im me di ate ly he spoke to them and said , “ Take cour age ! It is I . Don ’ t be afraid .”
51 Then he climbed into the boat with
them , and the wind died down . They were com plete ly amazed , 52 for they had not un der stood about the loaves ; their hearts were hard ened .
53 When they had crossed over , they
land ed at Gen nes a ret and an chored there .
54 As soon as they got out of the boat , people rec og nized Jesus . 55 They ran throughout that whole re gion and car ried the sick on mats to wher ev er they heard he was .
56 And wher ev er he went — into vil lag es ,
towns or coun try side — they placed the sick in the mar ket plac es . They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak , and all who touched it were healed .
That Which Defiles
7The Phar i sees and some of the teach ers of the law who had come from Je ru sa lem gath ered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his dis ci ples eating food with hands that were de filed , that is , un washed . 3 ( The Phar i sees and all the Jews do not eat un less they give their hands a cer e mo ni al wash ing , hold ing to the tra di tion of the el ders . 4 When they come from the mar ket place they do not eat un less they wash . And they ob serve many oth er tra di tions , such as the washing of cups , pitch ers and ket tles . a )
5 So the Phar i sees and teach ers of the
law asked Jesus , “ Why don ’ t your dis ci ples live ac cord ing to the tra di tion of the el ders in stead of eat ing their food with de filed hands ?”
6 He re plied , “ Isa iah was right when he
proph e sied about you hyp o crites ; as it is writ ten :
“ ‘ 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 com mands of God
and are hold ing on to hu man tra di tions .”
9 And he con tin ued , “ You have a fine
way of set ting aside the com mands of God in or der to ob serve c your own tra di tions !
10 For Mo ses said , ‘ Hon or your fa ther and
moth er ,’ d and , ‘ Any one who curs es their fa ther or moth er is to be put to death .’ e
11 But you say that if any one de clares that
what might have been used to help their fa ther or moth er is Cor ban ( that is , devot ed to God ) — 12 then you no lon ger let them do any thing for their fa ther or mother . 13 Thus you nul li fy the word of God by your tra di tion that you have hand ed down . And you do many things like that .”
14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him
and said , “ Lis ten to me , ev ery one , and under stand this . 15 Noth ing out side a per son can de file them by go ing into them . Rather , it is what comes out of a per son that de files them .” [ 16 ] f
17 Af ter he had left the crowd and entered the house , his dis ci ples asked him about this par a ble . 18 “ Are you so dull ?” he asked . “ Don ’ t you see that noth ing that en ters a per son from the out side can de file them ? 19 For it doesn ’ t go into their heart but into their stom ach , and then out of the body .” ( In say ing this , Jesus de clared all foods clean .)
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 f 16 Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23 .