| 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 | But in vain do they worship me, 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 thus without understanding also? 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, thus purifying all foods ?" |
| 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 midst 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!" |
