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27 "Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' "
Chronological New Testament Study Day 19
Matthew 15:1-39; Mark 7:1-36 (New
International Version)
1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law
came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 "Why do your
disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before
they eat!" 3Jesus replied, "And why do you break the
command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said,
'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must
be put to death.' 5 But you say that if a man says to his
father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a
gift devoted to God,' 6 he is not to 'honor his father ' with
it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You
hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: 8 "
'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9They
worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'" 10 Jesus
called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand. 11 What
goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his
mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' " 12 Then the
disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were
offended when they heard this?" 13He replied, "Every
plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. 14Leave
them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall
into a pit." 15 Peter said, "Explain the parable to
us." 16 "Are you still so dull?" Jesus
asked them. 17 "Don't you see that whatever enters the
mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But
the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man
'unclean.' 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder,
adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These
are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him
'unclean.' "
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the
region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that
vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!
My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession." 23 Jesus
did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send
her away, for she keeps crying out after us." 24 He
answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." 25 The
woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said. 26He
replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to
their dogs." 27 "Yes, Lord," she said,
"but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters'
table." 28 Then Jesus answered,"Woman, you have
great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed
from that very hour.
29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of
Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. 30 Great
crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and
many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. 31 The
people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the
lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel. 32 Jesus
called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion for these
people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do
not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way." 33 His
disciples answered, "Where could we get enough bread in this remote place
to feed such a crowd?" 34 "How many loaves do you
have?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they replied, "and a few
small fish." 35 He told the crowd to sit down on the
ground. 36Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he
had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in
turn to the people. 37 They all ate and were satisfied.
Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were
left over. 38 The number of those who ate was four thousand,
besides women and children. 39 After Jesus had sent the crowd
away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the
law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and 2 saw
some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean,"
that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not
eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition
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
washing of cups, pitchers and kettles. ) 5 So the Pharisees
and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live
according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with
'unclean' hands?" 6 He replied, "Isaiah was
right 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 but rules taught by men.' 8 You
have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of
men." 9 And he said to them: "You have a fine
way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own
traditions! 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your
mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' 11 But
you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might
otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), 12 then
you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13Thus
you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And
you do many things like that." 14 Again Jesus called the
crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing
outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what
comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' " 17 After
he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this
parable. 18 "Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't
you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? 19 For
it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his
body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.") 20 He
went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' 21 For
from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft,
murder, adultery, 22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy,
slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from
inside and make a man 'unclean.' "
24 Jesus left that place and went to the
vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he
could not keep his presence secret. 25 In fact, as soon as she
heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit
came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in
Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.27 "First
let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it
is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs." 28 "Yes,
Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs under the table eat the
children's crumbs." 29 Then he told her, "For
such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter." 30 She
went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went
through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. 32 There
some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they
begged him to place his hand on the man. 33 After he took him
aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he
spit and touched the man's tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven
and with a deep sigh said to him, ""Ephphatha!"" (which
means,"Be opened!"). 35 At this, the man's ears were
opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. 36 Jesus
commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept
talking about it. 37 People were overwhelmed with amazement.
"He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the
deaf hear and the mute speak."
Psalm 81
Psalm 81 (New International Version)
Psalm 81
For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. [a]
1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
2 Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.
3 Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand. [b]
6 He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 "Hear, O my people, and I will warn you— if you would but listen to me, O Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
11 "But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,
14 how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
Psalm 81
For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. [a]
1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
2 Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.
3 Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand. [b]
6 He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 "Hear, O my people, and I will warn you— if you would but listen to me, O Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
11 "But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,
14 how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
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