1. Then came together unto him the
Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from
Jerusalem.
2. And when they saw some of his disciples
eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen hands, they
found fault.
3. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews,
except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of
the elders.
4. And when they came from the market,
except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which
they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen
vessels, and of tables.
5. Then the Pharisees and scribes asked
him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the
elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6. He answered and said unto them,
Well
hath E-sai-as prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This
people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7. Howbeit in vain do they
worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8. For laying aside the
commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of
pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9. And he said unto them,
Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own
tradition.
10. For Moses said, Honour
thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let
him die the death:
11. But ye say, If a man
shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a
gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12. And ye suffer him no
more to do aught for his father or his mother;
13. Making the word of God
of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and
many such like things do ye.
14. And when he had called all the people
unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me
every one of you, and understand:
15. There is nothing from
without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things
which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
16. If any man have ears to
hear, let him hear.
17. And when he was entered into the house
from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18. And he saith unto them,
Are
ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever
thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19. Because it entereth not
into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught,
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 men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications,
murders,
22. Thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness:
23. All these evil things
come from within, and defile the man.
24. And from thence he arose, and went into
the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would
have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
25. For a certain woman, whose young
daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his
feet:
26. The woman was a Greek, a
Sy-ro-phe-nic-i-an
by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out
of her daughter.
27. But Jesus said unto her,
Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
28. And she answered and said unto him,
Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29. And he said unto her,
For
this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30. And when she was come to her house, she
found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31. And again, departing from the coasts of
Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of
the coasts of Decapolis.
32. And they bring unto him one that was
deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put
his hand upon him.
33. And he took him aside from the
multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched
his tongue;
34. And looking up to heaven, he sighed,
and saith unto him, Eph-pha-tha,
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 that they should
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.
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