came flocking from all quarters, carrying their sick on their beds to the places where they heard he was:

And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

For the Pharisees and all the Jews practice the customs handed down to them from their forefathers,

And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

And so the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why is it that your disciples do not practice the customs handed down from our forefathers, but eat their meals without purifying their hands?"

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

you let him off from doing anything more for his father or mother;

There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.

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And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

It does not enter his heart but his belly and passes from that into the drain" (thus he pronounced all food clean).

He kept on saying, "The thing that comes from the inside of a man is the thing that makes him foul,

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, abusiveness, arrogance, folly??23 all these evils come from inside, and they pollute a man."

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

Now the woman was a Greek--a Syrophoenician by nationality--and she was asking him that he would expel the demon from her daughter.

And she answered and says to him, Yes, Lord: for also the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs.

"For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."

And she went away to her house and found her child lying on her bed with the evil spirit gone from her.

And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.

And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;

Then his ears were [at once] opened and his tongue freed from its fetter ??he began to speak correctly.

If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

And his disciples answered him, From where will anyone be able to fill these men of loaves here in a desolate place?

And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

And fetching a deep sigh from his very soul, he saith, Why seeketh this generation a sign? verily I tell you, no sign shall be given to this generation.

And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

And he enjoined them, saying, See ye, look away from the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod.

And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

so looking up, he said, I see men; for by their walking I distinguish them from trees.

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again, and he saw clearly. His sight was restored, and he saw everything perfectly, even from a distance.

From thence Jesus went attended with his disciples to the villages of Cesarea Philippi. and ask'd them by the way, who do they say I am?

And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

But He turned and glanced at His disciples and reproved Peter by saying, "Get out of my way, Satan, for this view of yours is not from God but from men!"

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.

And a cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Jesus, they were startled and began running up to greet Him.

And one [individual] from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought to you my son who has {a spirit that makes him mute}.

And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

Then they [i.e., some people from the crowd] brought the sick boy to Jesus, and when the spirit saw Him, it immediately caused the boy to have convulsions and to fall to the ground and roll around, foaming at the mouth.

And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

"From his childhood, and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to put an end to him. But if there is anything you can do, take pity on us and help us!"

But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit: "Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again."

With a loud cry the spirit threw the boy into repeated convulsions, and then came out from him. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.

And when Jesus had come into a house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could we not drive out the evil spirit [from that boy]?"

And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

And whoever causes one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord. See Matt. 18:6] who believes in me to be led astray [from God], he would have been better off to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and thrown into the ocean [Note: This was a heavy, circular stone rolled over grain to crush it, and moved by an animal walking in a circle].

And if your hand becomes the occasion for falling away [from God], cut it off; it would be better for you to enter [never ending] life disabled, rather than keeping both hands and going to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out [i.e., all because it caused you to fall away from God]. {{Verse

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And if your foot becomes the occasion for falling away [from God], cut it off; it would be better for you to enter [never ending] life crippled, rather than keeping both feet and being thrown into hell. {{Verse

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And if your eye becomes the occasion for falling away [from God] gouge it out; it would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with [only] one eye, rather than keeping both eyes and being thrown into hell [i.e., all because one of them caused you to fall away from God].

such a one shall be consumed by fire, but the offering that is salted shall be preserv'd from corruption.

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

And from there he set out [and] came to the region of Judea and the other side of the Jordan, and again crowds came together to him. And again, as he was accustomed [to do], he began to teach them.

And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.

But from the first, male and female made he them.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

And if a woman be divorced from her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

Now Jesus and His disciples were [traveling] along the road, going up to Jerusalem, with Jesus moving on ahead of the others. The disciples were amazed and they followed [behind Him] fearfully. [Note: From the context, it appears their amazement was due to His eagerness to enter Jerusalem in spite of the imminent danger they felt awaited Him there]. He took the twelve apostles aside and began telling them about the things that were going to happen to Him.

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

And they said to him, Give us that we might sit, one from thy right hand, and one front thy left, in thy glory.

But Jesus told them, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from or be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized?"

And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:

Jesus told them, "You will drink from the cup that I'm going to drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others."

For the Son of man did not come to be served [by others] but to be the servant [of others], and to sacrifice His life as a ransom price for many people [i.e., to purchase them back from Satan]."

And they came to Jericho. And [as] he was setting out from Jericho along with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.

When he heard that it was Jesus from Nazareth [passing by], he began shouting, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me."

And He said to them, Go into the village over across from you. And as soon as you have entered into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one of men has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

And a great number put down their clothing in the way; and others put down branches which they had taken from the fields.

Blessed be the coming reign of our father David! Welcome Him from on high!"

And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

And [when he] saw from a distance a fig tree that had leaves, he went [to see] if perhaps he would find anything on it. And [when he] came up to it he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.

but at night Jesus withdrew from the city.

And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

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The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.

And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, from not knowing the scriptures, and the power of God?

When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

But concerning those who are raised from the dead, have you never read in the book of Moses, in the incident about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying [Ex. 3:6], 'I am Abraham's God, and Isaac's God, and Jacob's God?'

And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.'