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When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late.Matthew 14:15; Luke 9:12;">[xr]

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people.before them">[fn] He also divided the two fish among them all.1 Samuel 9:13; Matthew 26:26;">[xr]

JesusHe">[fn] immediately had his disciples get into a boat and cross to Bethsaida ahead of him, while he sent the crowd away.Matthew 14:22; John 6:17;">[xr]

Wherever he went, whether into villages, towns, or farms, peoplethey">[fn] would place their sick in the marketplaces and beg him to let them touch even the tassel of his garment, and all who touched it were healed.Matthew 9:20; Mark 5:27-28; Acts 19:12;">[xr]

They noticed that some of his disciples were eatingeating bread">[fn] with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,'Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16">[fn] and 'Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.'Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9">[fn]Exodus 20:12; 21:17; Leviticus 20:9; Deuteronomy 5:16; Proverbs 20:20; Matthew 15:4;">[xr]

But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,"' (that is, an offering to God)Matthew 15:5; 23:18;">[xr]

you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.

When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.Matthew 15:15;">[xr]

For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and is expelled as waste." (Thus he declared all foods clean.)he cleansed all foods">[fn]

In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

Some peopleThey">[fn] brought him a deaf man who also had a speech impediment. They begged him to lay his hand on him.Matthew 9:32; Luke 11:14;">[xr]

JesusHe">[fn] took him away from the crowd to be alone with him. Putting his fingers into the man'shis">[fn] ears, he touched his tongue with saliva.Mark 8:23; John 9:6;">[xr]

At once the man'shis">[fn] ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to talk normally.Isaiah 35:5-6; Matthew 11:5;">[xr]

In those days, when a large crowd again had gathered with nothing to eat, Jesushe">[fn] called his disciples and said to them,Matthew 15:32;">[xr]

His disciples answered him, "Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people out here in the wilderness?"

So he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to distribute. So they served them to the crowd.

Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.Mageda; still other mss. read Magdala">[fn]Matthew 15:39;">[xr]

He sighed deeply in his spirit and said, "Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."

JesusThen he">[fn] took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. He spit into his eyes, placed his hands on him, and asked him, "Do you see anything?"Mark 7:33;">[xr]