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¹ THEN there gathered unto him Pharisees and scribes, who had come from Jerusalem.² And they saw some of his disciples eating bread with their hands unwashed; and they reproached them.³ For all the Jews, even the Pharisees, unless their hands are washed carefully would not eat, because they strictly observe the tradition of the elders.⁴ Even the things from the market, if they are not washed, they would not eat them. And there are a great many other things, which they have accepted to obey, such as the washing of cups and pots, and copper utensils, and the bedding of dead men.⁵ And the scribes and Pharisees asked him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with their hands unwashed?⁶ He said to them, The prophet Isaiah well prophesied about you, O hypocrites, as it is written, This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.⁷ And they worship me in vain, when they teach the doctrines of the commandments of men.⁸ For you have ignored the commandment of God, and you observe the tradition of men, such as the washing of cups and pots, and a great many other things like these.⁹ He said to them, Well you do injustice to the commandment of God so as to sustain your own tradition.¹⁰ For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and he who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.¹¹ But you say, If a man may say to his father or his mother, What is left over is Corban (my offering);¹² And yet you do not let him do anything for his father or mother.¹³ So you dishonor the word of God for the sake of the tradition which you have established; and you do a great many like these.¹⁴ Then Jesus called all the people and said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand.¹⁵ There is nothing outside of a man, if it should enter into him, which can defile him; but what goes out of him, that defiles the man.¹⁶ Who has ears to hear, let him hear.¹⁷ When Jesus entered into the house because of the people, his disciples asked him concerning that parable.¹⁸ And he said to them, So even you are puzzled. Do you not know that whatever enters into a man from outside cannot defile him?¹⁹ Because it does not enter into his heart, but into his stomach, and then is thrown out through the intestines, thereby purifying the food.²⁰ It is what goes out of man which defiles the man.²¹ For from within, from the heart of men go out evil thoughts, such as fornication, adultery, theft, murder,²² Extortion, wickedness, deceit, lust, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness;²³ All these evils go out from within, and they defile the man.

²⁴ Jesus moved away from thence, and came to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and he entered into a house, and did not want any one to know about him. And yet he could not hide himself.²⁵ For immediately a woman heard about him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit; and she came and fell at his feet.²⁶ But the woman was a heathen, from Phoenicia in Syria; and she besought him to cast out the demon from her daughter.²⁷ And Jesus said to her, Let the children be first filled; for it is not right to take the children''s bread and throw it to the dogs.²⁸ But she answered and said to him, Yes, my Lord; even the dogs eat the children''s crumbs under the trays.²⁹ Jesus said to her, Go your way; just because of this word, the demon has gone out of your daughter.³⁰ So she went to her house, and found her daughter lying in bed, and the demon gone out of her.

³¹ Again Jesus went out from the border of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, to the border of the ten cities.³² And they brought to him a deaf and dumb man; and they asked him to lay his hand on him.³³ So he drew him aside from the people, and put his fingers into his ears, then he spat, and touched his tongue;³⁴ And he looked up to heaven, and sighed, and he said to him, Ethpatakh, which means, Be opened.³⁵ And in that very hour his ears were opened, and the knot of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly.³⁶ And he warned them not to tell this to any man; but the more he warned them, so much the more they published it.³⁷ And they were greatly astonished, saying, He does everything so well. He makes the deaf hear, and the dumb to speak.