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And there are gathered unto Him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem.
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And having seen◦ some of His disciples eating◦ bread with defiled, that··is with unwashed hands, they found fault.
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For◦ the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands to the fist*, do not eat◦, holding the tradition of the elders;
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and when they come from the market, unless they rinse*, they do not eat◦; and many other things there are which they have received to hold, as the rinsing of cups, and pots, and bronze vessels, and beds.
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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked◦ Him, Why◦ do Thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat◦ bread with unwashed hands?
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And◦ He answering said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors Me with their lips, but◦ their heart is· far ·away from Me.
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And◦ in··vain do they serve◦ Me, teaching teachings which are the precepts of men.*
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For◦ leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the rinsing of pots and cups; and many other such like things you do.
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And He said to them, Well you spurn the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother*, and he who speaks··evil of father or mother, let him die the death*.
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But◦ you say, It is sufficient if a man shall say to father or mother, Korban*, that is, a gift, by whatever thou mightest have profited from◦ me,
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and you no··more let him do anything◦ for his father or his mother,
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making the Word of God of no effect by your tradition which you have delivered up; and many such like things you do.
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And when He had called all the crowd to Him, He said to them, Hearken to Me all of you, and understand:
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There is nothing from outside a man which going··into him can defile him; but the things which go··out of him, those are they which defile the man.
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If anyone have ears to hear, let him hear.
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And when He had entered into a house away··from the crowd, His disciples asked◦ Him concerning the parable.
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And He says to them, Are you so without··understanding also? Do you not consider that all from outside that goes··into a man, cannot defile him;
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because it goes not into the heart, but into the belly, and goes··out into the latrine, cleansing all the foods◦?
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And◦ He said, That which comes out of a man, that defiles the man.
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For◦ from inside, out··of the heart of men, go··out evil reasonings, adulteries, harlotries, murders,
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thefts, avarice*, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, a wicked eye, blasphemy, pride, senselessness;
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all these wicked things come from inside, and defile the man.
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And standing··up thence, He went··away◦ into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entering into a house, He willed that no one know it, and He could not be concealed.
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For a woman hearing of Him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came and fell··before His feet.
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And◦ the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician as to kindred, and she besought Him that◦ He would cast··out the demon from◦ her daughter.
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But◦ Jesus said to her, Let the children first be satisfied, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and to cast it to the little··dogs.
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But◦ she answered and said to Him, Yes, Lord; yet the little··dogs underneath the table eat◦ from the crumbs of the little··children.
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And He said◦ to her, On··account··of this word, go··thy··way; the demon has come··out of thy daughter.
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And when she was come to her house, she found the demon gone out and her daughter laid upon the bed.
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And again coming··out from◦ the borders of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
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And they bring to Him one who was deaf, having an impediment in his speech; and they implore Him to set His hand upon him.
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And taking· him ·aside from the crowd by▫ himself▵, He thrust His fingers into his ears; and having spat, He touched his tongue;
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and looking up to heaven, He sighed, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
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And straightway his hearing was opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke rightly.
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And He charged◦ them that◦ they should tell no··one◦; but◦ as··much··as He charged◦ them, the more◦ exceedingly they preached it;
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and they wondered most··exceedingly, saying, He has done all things well; He makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
