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* Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to Him , having come from Jerusalem . * Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with ceremonially unclean , that is , with unwashed [hands ], they found fault . * For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with [their ] fist , holding the tradition of the elders . * And [coming ] from the marketplace , unless they bathe , they do not eat . And there are many other things which they have received [by tradition ], like the washing of cups and pitchers , copper vessels and couches . * Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him , "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders , but they eat bread with unwashed hands ?" * And answering 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 from Me . * And in vain they worship Me , teaching as doctrines the commandments of men .' * "For having left the commandment of God , you hold to the tradition of men-the washing of pitchers and cups , and many other similar things you do ." * And He said to them , "Well do you set aside the commandment of God , so that you may keep your tradition . * For Moses said , 'Honor your father and your mother '; and , 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother , let him surely die .' * But you say , 'If a man says to [his ] father or to [his ]mother , "Whatever you might be profited by me is Corban "- (that is , a gift ), * then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother , * [thus ] nullifying the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down . And many similar things you do ." * And having summoned all the crowd , He said to them , "Hear Me , all [of you ] and understand : * There is nothing from outside a man , that entering into him , can defile him ; but the things which come out of him , those are the things that defile a man . * If anyone has ears to hear , let him hear !" * When He had entered a house [away ] from the crowd , His disciples were asking Him about the parable . * So He said to them , "Are you also without understanding ? Do you not understand that everything entering a man from outside cannot defile him , * because it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach , and passes into the latrine , [thus ] purifying all foods ?" * And He said , "That which comes out of a man , that defiles a man . * For from within , out of the heart of men , come forth evil thoughts , adulteries , fornications , murders , * thefts , covetousness , wickedness , deceit , lewdness , an evil eye , blasphemy , arrogance , foolishness . * All these evil things come from within and defile a man ." * From there He arose and He went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon . And having entered into a house , He wanted no one to know it , but He was not able to escape notice . * For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him , and she came and fell at His feet . * Now the woman was a Greek , a Syro-Phoenician by race , and she was asking Him to cast the demon out from her daughter . * But Jesus said to her , "Let the children be filled first , for it is not good to take the children 's bread and throw it to the little dogs ." * And she answered and said to Him , "Yes , Lord , yet even the little dogs underneath the table eat from the crumbs of the children ." * Then He said to her , "Because of this saying , go ; the demon has gone out of your daughter ." * And going away to her house , she found the demon having gone out , and her daughter having been placed on the bed . * Again , coming out from the region of Tyre and Sidon , He went to the Sea of Galilee , in the midst of the region of Decapolis . * Then they brought to Him a deaf man impeded in speech , and they begged Him that He would lay His hand upon him . * And when he had taken him aside from the crowd privately , He put His fingers in his ears , and having spit , He touched his tongue . * Then looking up into heaven , He sighed , and said to him , "Ephphatha ,"that is , "Be opened ." * Immediately his ears were opened , and the bond of his tongue was loosed , and he was speaking correctly . * And He ordered them that they should tell no one ; but the more He ordered them , the more exceedingly they would proclaim it . * And they were astonished beyond measure , saying , "He has done all things well . He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak ."

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