A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 7:24-30
Jesus went to the district of Tyre.
Jesus went to the district of Tyre.
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
This people honors me with their lips,/ but their hearts are far from me;/ In vain do they worship me,/ teaching as doctrines human precepts.
After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there.
On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
The Apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught.
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples.
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea.