Mark:7

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* And the Pharisees , and some of the scholars , having come from Jerusalem , gathered in to him . * And having seen some of his disciples eating their loaves with profane hands , that is , unwashed , they accused them . * (For the Pharisees , and all the Jews , unless they wash their hands carefully , do not eat , holding the tradition of the elders . * And coming from the marketplace , they do not eat unless they bathe . And there are many other things that they have taken in to retain : washings of cups , and pots , and brazen vessels , and beds .) * Then the Pharisees and the scholars demand of him , Why do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders , but eat their bread with unwashed hands ? * And having answered , he said to them , Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites , as it is written , This people honors me with their lips , but their heart is far distant from me . * But in vain they worship me , teaching as doctrines the commandments of men . * For having set aside the commandment of God , ye hold the tradition of men : washings of pots and cups and many other such like things ye do . * And he said to them , Well do ye reject the commandment of God , so that ye may keep your tradition . * For Moses said , Honor thy father and thy mother , and , He who speaks evil of father or mother , let him perish in death . * But ye say , If a man should say to his father or mother , Whatever ye might be benefited from me is Corban , that is , an offering , * then ye no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother , * annulling the word of God by your tradition that ye have delivered . And many such like things ye do . * And having summoned all the people , he said to them , Hear me all of you , and understand . * There is nothing outside the man , entering into him that can defile him , but the things coming out of him those are the things that defile the man . * If any man has ears to hear , let him hear . * And when he entered into a house from the crowd , his disciples questioned him about the parable . * And he says to them , Are also ye so without understanding ? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him , * because it does not enter into his heart , but into the belly , and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean )? * And he said , That which comes out of the man , that defiles the man . * For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts , adulteries , fornications , murders , thefts , * covetings , wickednesses , deceit , licentiousness , an evil eye , reviling , pride , foolishness . * All these evil things come from inside , and defile the man . * And having risen from there , he went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon . And having entered into a house , he wanted no man to know it , and yet he could not be hid . * For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit , after hearing about him , having come , she fell down at his feet . * Now the woman was a Greek , a Syrophoenician by race . And she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter . * And Jesus said to her , Allow the children first be filled , for it is not right to take the children 's bread and cast it to the house dogs . * But she answered and says to him , Yes , Lord , for even the house dogs under the table eat of the children 's crumbs . * And he said to her , Because of this saying , go thou . The demon has gone out of thy daughter . * And having departed to her house , she found the demon having gone out , and her daughter laid upon the bed . * And again having departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon , he came to the sea of Galilee in the midst of the regions of Decapolis . * And they bring a deaf , tongue-tied man to him , and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him . * And having taken him from the multitude in private , he put his fingers into his ears , and having spat , he touched his tongue . * And having looked up to heaven , he sighed , and says to him , Ephphatha , that is , Be opened . * And straightaway his ears were opened , and the bond of his tongue was loosened , and he spoke plainly . * And he commanded them that they should tell no man , but as much as he commanded them , so much the more abundantly they proclaimed it . * And they were exceedingly astonished , saying , He has done all things well . He even makes the deaf to hear , and the mute to speak .

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