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The Book of Jesus Chapter Nine: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
Matthew 15:1-9; Mark 7:1-13
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Things That Make a Man Unclean
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NARRATOR.
He called the people to him and said:
JESUS.
Listen to me everyone of you and understand. There is nothing that can go into a man's mouth from the outside that will make that
person unclean. It is the things that come out of a man's mouth that make him unclean. If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen!
NARRATOR.
When Jesus had left the people and gone back into the house, his disciples came to him and said:
DISCIPLES.
Do you know that the Pharisees were offended by what you said?
JESUS.
Any plant, which my Father has not planted, will be pulled up it's roots. Leave them alone, they're blind leaders leading blind men. If
the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a ditch.
NARRATOR.
The disciples then questioned him about the parable and Peter asked him:
PETER.
Explain this parable to us.
JESUS.
Is it still that hard for you to understand now? Don't you comprehend that whatever enters a man's mouth from the outside cannot
make a man unclean. It doesn't go into the heart, but into the stomach and then out into the toilet [thus making all food (meats)
clean-MK]. But those things that come out of the mouth, come from and out of the heart, they make a man unclean. Because from
within, out of the heart of men come evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, greed for more things, wickedness,
deception, unrestrained immoral behavior, an eye looking for trouble, perjury, blasphemies against God, pride, and foolishness. These
are the things that make a man unclean and they come from inside the man. But to eat food with unclean hands, that does not defile a
man.
Matthew 15:10-20; Mark 7:14-23
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The Daughter of the Cananite Woman Healed
NARRATOR.
Jesus then went from that place and withdrew to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. There he entered a house, but did not want his
presence there to be known. Nevertheless, his being there could not be hidden. A woman from Canaan who lived in that district had a
young daughter who was possessed by a demon. When the woman heard that Jesus was there, she went to him and pleaded to have
the demon cast out of her daughter. Coming to Jesus, she cried out:
WOMAN.
Sir, Son of David, have mercy on me, my daughter is possessed by a demon and is in great torment.
NARRATOR.
But Jesus didn't even say a word. His disciples came and said:
DISCIPLES.
Let her have what she's asking for, because she's shouting after us.
JESUS.
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