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¹ Then come together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem.² And they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashen hands.³ Now the Pharisees and all the Jews, except they wash their hands to the wrist, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.⁴ And coming from the market, unless they wash, they eat not: and many other things there are which they have received to hold, the washings of cups and pots and brasen vessels and couches.⁵ Then the Pharisees ask him, Why walk not thy disciples, according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with defiled hands?⁶ He answering said to them, Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.⁷ But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.⁸ For leaving the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.⁹ And he said to them, Full well ye abolish the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.¹⁰ For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Whoso revileth father or mother, he shall surely die.¹¹ But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest have been profited by me: he shall be free.¹² And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;¹³ Abrogating the word of God by your traditions which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.¹⁴ And calling all the multitude, he said to them, Hearken to me every one of you and consider.¹⁵ There is nothing entering into a man from without, which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, these are they that defile the man.¹⁶ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.¹⁷ And when he was come from the multitude into the house, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.¹⁸ And he saith to them, Are even ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive, That whatsoever entereth into a man from without, cannot defile him,¹⁹ Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth into the vault, purging all meats.²⁰ And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.²¹ For from within, out of the heart of man proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,²² Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, envy, evil speaking, pride, foolishness.²³ All these evils come from within, and defile the man.

²⁴ And he arose and went thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And entring into an house, he would have had no man know it; but he could not be hid.²⁵ For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,²⁶ having heard of him, came and fell at his feet, (The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation) and besought him to cast the devil out of her daughter.²⁷ But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be satisfied; for it is not right to take the childrens bread and cast it to the dogs.²⁸ She answered and said to him, True, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.²⁹ And he said to her, For this saying, go: the devil is gone out of thy daughter.³⁰ And going to her house, she found the devil gone out and her daughter lying on the bed.

³¹ And departing again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, thro' the midst of the country of Decapolis.³² And they bring to him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and beseech him to put his hand upon him.³³ And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, touched his tongue.³⁴ And looking up to heaven, he groaned and saith to him, Ephphatha, that is, be opened.³⁵ And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.³⁶ And he charged them to tell no man; but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it,³⁷ And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.