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1 Then
the Pharisees and
some of the
scribes gathered
together to him,
having come from
Jerusalem.
2 Now
when they saw
some of his
disciples eating bread
with defiled, that
is unwashed, hands,
they found fault.
3 (For
the Pharisees and
all the Jews don’t
eat unless they
wash their hands
and forearms, holding
to the tradition
of the elders.
4 They don’t
eat when they
come from
the marketplace unless
they bathe themselves,
and there are
many other things
which they have
received to hold
to: washings of
cups, pitchers, bronze
vessels, and couches.)
5 The
Pharisees and the
scribes asked him,
“Why don’t your
disciples walk
according to the
tradition of the
elders, but eat
their bread with unwashed
hands?”
6 He
answered them,
“Well did
Isaiah prophesy
of you
hypocrites, as
it is
written,
‘This people
honors me with
their lips,
but their heart
is far from
me.
7 They worship me
in vain,
teaching as
doctrines the
commandments of men.’
8 “For you set aside the
commandment of
God, and
hold tightly to
the tradition of
men—the washing
of pitchers and cups,
and you do many
other such
things.”
9 He
said to them,
“Full well do
you reject the
commandment of
God, that you
may keep your
tradition.
10 For Moses said,
‘Honor your
father and your
mother;’
and, ‘He who
speaks evil of
father or mother,
let him be
put to
death.’
11 But you say, ‘If
a man tells his
father or his
mother, “Whatever
profit you might
have received from
me is
Corban,” ’ ”
that is to
say, given to
God,
12 “then you no
longer allow him
to do anything
for his father
or his mother,
13 making void the
word of God
by your
tradition which
you have handed
down. You do
many things like
this.”
14 He
called all the
multitude to himself
and said to
them,
“Hear me, all
of you, and
understand.
15 There is
nothing from
outside of the
man that going
into him can
defile him; but
the things which
proceed out of
the man are
those that
defile the man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
17 When
he had entered
into a house away
from the multitude,
his disciples
asked him about
the parable.
18 He
said to them,
“Are you also
without understanding? Don’t
you perceive
that whatever
goes into the
man from outside
can’t defile
him,
19 because it doesn’t
go into his
heart, but into
his stomach,
then into
the latrine, making
all foods
clean?”
20 He
said,
“That which
proceeds out of
the man, that
defiles the man.
21 For from within,
out of the
hearts of men,
proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins,
murders, thefts,
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit,
lustful desires, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride,
and foolishness.
23 All these evil
things come from
within and
defile the man.”
24 From
there he arose
and went away into
the borders of
Tyre and Sidon. He
entered into a
house and didn’t
want anyone to
know it, but
he couldn’t escape
notice.
25 For
a woman whose
little daughter
had an unclean
spirit, having heard
of him, came
and fell down
at his feet.
26 Now
the woman was
a Greek, a
Syrophoenician by
race. She begged
him that he
would cast the
demon out of
her daughter.
27 But
Jesus said to
her,
“Let the
children be
filled first,
for it is
not appropriate to
take the
children’s bread and throw
it to the
dogs.”
28 But
she answered him,
“Yes, Lord. Yet
even the dogs
under the table
eat the children’s
crumbs.”
29 He
said to her,
“For this
saying, go your
way. The demon
has gone out
of your
daughter.”
30 She
went away to
her house, and
found the child
having been laid
on the bed,
with the demon
gone out.
31 Again
he departed from
the borders of
Tyre and Sidon,
and came to
the sea of
Galilee through
the middle of
the region of
Decapolis.
32 They
brought to him
one who was
deaf and had
an impediment in
his speech. They
begged him to
lay his hand
on him.
33 He
took him aside
from the multitude
privately and put
his fingers into
his ears; and
he spat and touched
his tongue.
34 Looking
up to heaven,
he sighed, and
said to him,
“Ephphatha!”
that is,
“Be opened!”
35 Immediately
his ears were opened,
and the impediment
of his tongue
was released, and
he spoke clearly.
36 He
commanded them
that they should
tell no one,
but the more
he commanded them,
so much the
more widely they
proclaimed it.
37 They
were astonished
beyond measure,
saying, “He has
done all things
well. He makes
even the deaf hear
and the mute
speak!”