AND the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem,
collected together around him. (2)And seeing some of his disciples
eating bread with hands unclean, that is, unwashed, they found fault.
(3)For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands to
the wrist, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. (4)And coming
from the market, unless they have washed, they never eat. And there are
many other things which they have by tradition received to observe, as
the washings of cups, and pots, and vessels of brass, and couches.
(5)Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, Why do not thy
disciples walk conformable to the tradition of the elders, but eat
bread with unwashed hands? (6)Then he answering said to them, Well did
Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written[12], "This
people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
(7)Now vainly do they worship me, while teaching doctrines the
commandments of men." (8)For leaving the command of God, ye adhere to
the tradition of men, the washings of pots and cups; and many other
such like things ye practise. (9)And he said to them, Strangely do ye
make void the command of God, that ye may observe your tradition.
(10)For Moses said[13], "Honour thy father and thy mother:" and "he
that curseth father or mother, let him assuredly be put to death[14]."
(11)But ye affirm, If a man say to his father or mother, it is Corban
(that is, a gift), which otherwise might have been advantageous to thee
from me; (12)then ye permit him no more to do any thing for his father,
or his mother; (13)abrogating the word of God by the tradition, which
ye have transmitted down; and many such like things ye do.
(14)And he called to him all the multitude, and said unto them, hear me
all of you, and understand. (15)There is nothing from without a man,
that entering into him, can make him unclean: but the things which come
out from him, these are the things which make a man unclean. (16)If any
man hath ears to hear, let him hear. (17)And when he was come into the
house from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the
parable. (18)And he saith to them, Are ye also so defective of
intelligence? Do you not consider, that every thing from without that
entereth into a man, cannot make him unclean? (19)because it entereth
not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the vault,
carrying off all the impurities of the food. (20)But, said he, what
cometh out of a man, that makes a man unclean. (21)For from within out
of the heart of men proceed wicked reasonings, adulteries, whoredoms,
murders, (22)thefts, inordinate cravings, mischievous actions, knavery,
lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, folly: (23)all these wicked
things come from within, and render a person unclean.
(24)And rising, he departed thence into the confines of Tyre and Sidon;
and entering into a house, desired that no man should know it: yet he
could not be hid. (25)For a woman hearing of him, whose daughter had an
unclean spirit, came and fell at his feet. (26)The woman was a Greek, a
Syrophenician by birth, and she entreated him that the devil might be
cast out of her daughter. (27)And Jesus said unto her, Let the children
first be fed, for it is not proper to take the children's bread, and
throw it to the dogs. (28)But she replied, and said to him, True, Lord,
yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. (29)And he
said unto her, For this speech, go home, the devil is gone out of thy
daughter. (30)And going to her house, she found the devil gone out, and
her daughter laid on a couch.
(31)And again departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came to
the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
(32)And they bring him a deaf man, who could scarcely articulate; and
they entreat him to put his hand upon him. (33)And he took him aside
out of the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he
touched his tongue; (34)and looking up to heaven, he heaved a deep
sigh, and saith unto him, Ephphatha! that is, Be opened. (35)And
instantly his ears were opened, and the tie of his tongue loosed, and
he spake distinctly. (36)And he charged them that they should tell no
man: but the more he charged, the more abundantly they published it
abroad. (37)And they were astonished beyond all imagination, saying, He
hath done all things admirably; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and
the dumb to speak.