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¹ And the Pharisees and certain of the Scribes who have come from Jerusalem gather themselves together unto him;² and, observing certain of his disciples, that, with defiled hands, that is unwashed, they are eating bread, - - ³ For, the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless with care they wash their hands, eat not, holding fast the tradition of the elders;⁴ and coming from market, unless they sprinkle themselves, they eat not, - and, many other things, there are, which they have accepted to hold fast - immersions of cups and measures and copper vessels - - ⁵ and so the Pharisees and the Scribes, question, him - For what cause do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but, with defiled hands, eat bread?⁶ But, he, said unto them - Well, prophesied Isaiah concerning you, ye hypocrites, as it is written - This people, with the lips do honour me, while, their heart, far off, holdeth from me, - ⁷ But, in vain, do they pay devotions unto me, teaching for teachings, the commandments of men;⁸ Having, dismissed, the commandment, of God, ye, hold fast, the tradition, of men.⁹ And he was saying to them - Well, do ye set aside the commandment of God, that, your own tradition, ye may observe;¹⁰ For, Moses, said - Honour thy father and thy mother, and - He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die, - ¹¹ But, ye, say - If a man shall say to his father or his mother, Korban! that is, A gift, whatsoever, out of me, thou mightest be profited,¹² no longer, do ye suffer him to do, aught, for his father or his mother, - ¹³ cancelling the word of God by your tradition which ye have delivered. And, many such similar things, are ye doing!¹⁴ And, again calling near the multitude, he was saying unto them - Hearken to me, all! and understand:¹⁵ Nothing, is there, from without the man, entering into him, which can defile him; but, the things which, out of the man, come forth, are the things that defile the man.¹⁷ And, when he entered into a house from the multitudes, his disciples began to question him as to the parable;¹⁸ And he saith unto them - Thus, are, ye also, without discernment? Perceive ye not that, nothing, from without, entering into the man, can defile him;¹⁹ because it entereth not into his heart, but into his stomach, and, into the draught, is passed - purifying all foods?²⁰ And he was saying - That which, out of the man, cometh forth, that, defileth the man;²¹ For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth, - fornications, thefts,²² murders, adulteries, covetousnesses, knaveries, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, profane speaking, foolishness, - ²³ all these wicked things, from within, come forth, and defile, the man.

²⁴ And, from thence arising, he departed into the bounds of Tyre and Zidon. And, entering into a house, he was wishing, no one, to know it, and yet could not escape notice, - ²⁵ but, straightway, a woman hearing about him, whose daughter had an impure spirit, she came and fell down at his feet.²⁶ Now, the woman, was a Grecian, a Syrophoenician by race, - and she was requesting him that, the demon, he would cast forth out of her daughter.²⁷ And he was saying to her - Suffer, the children, first, to be fed; for it is not seemly to take the bread of the children, and, unto the little dogs, to cast it;²⁸ but she answered and saith to him - Yea, Lord! and yet, the little dogs under the table, do eat of the crumbs of the children;²⁹ and he said to her - Because of this word, go thy way, the demon hath gone forth out of thy daughter;³⁰ and, departing unto her house, she found the child laid prostrate on the couch, and the demon gone forth.

³¹ And, again coming forth out of the bounds of Tyre, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the bounds of Decapolis.³² And they bring to him one deaf and stammering, and beseech him that he would lay upon him his hand.³³ And, taking him away from the multitude apart, he thrust his fingers into his ears, and, spitting, touched his tongue;³⁴ and, looking up into the heaven, sighed deeply, and saith unto him - Ephphatha! that is, Be opened!³⁵ and his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, - and he was speaking correctly.³⁶ And he charged them that they should be telling, no one, - but, as much as to them he gave charge, they, exceeding more abundantly, were making proclamation.³⁷ And, superabundantly, were they being struck with astonishment, saying - Well, hath he, all things, done, - both, the deaf, he causeth to hear, and, the dumb, to speak.