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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 eating bread with defiled , that is , unwashed , hands , they found fault . * (For the Pharisees , and all the Jews , don 't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms , holding to the tradition of the elders . * They don 't eat when they come from the marketplace , unless they bathe themselves , and there are many other things , which they have received to hold to : washings of cups , pitchers , bronze vessels , and couches .) * The Pharisees and the scribes asked him , "Why don 't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders , but eat their bread with unwashed hands ?" * He answered them , "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites , as it is written , 'This people honors me with their lips , but their heart is far from me . * But in vain do they worship me , teaching as doctrines the commandments of men .' {Isaiah strkjv @29:13 } * "For you set aside the commandment of God , and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups , and you do many other such things ." * He said to them , "Full well do you reject the commandment of God , that you may keep your tradition . * For Moses said , 'Honor your father and your mother ;' {Exodus strkjv @20:12 ; Deuteronomy strkjv @5:16 } and , 'He who speaks evil of father or mother , let him be put to death .' {Exodus strkjv @21:17 ; Leviticus strkjv @20:9 } * But you say , 'If a man tells his father or his mother , "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban {Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God .}, that is to say , given to God ";' * then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother , * making void the word of God by your tradition , which you have handed down . You do many things like this ." * He called all the multitude to himself , and said to them , "Hear me , all of you , and understand . * There is nothing from outside of the man , that going into him can defile him ; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man . * If anyone has ears to hear , let him hear !" * When he had entered into a house away from the multitude , his disciples asked him about the parable . * He said to them , "Are you thus without understanding also ? Don 't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can 't defile him , * because it doesn 't go into his heart , but into his stomach , then into the latrine , thus purifying all foods {or , making all foods clean }?" * He said , "That which proceeds out of the man , that defiles the man . * For from within , out of the hearts of men , proceed evil thoughts , adulteries , sexual sins , murders , thefts , * covetings , wickedness , deceit , lustful desires , an evil eye , blasphemy , pride , and foolishness . * All these evil things come from within , and defile the man ." * From there he arose , and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon . He entered into a house , and didn 't want anyone to know it , but he couldn 't escape notice . * For a woman , whose little daughter had an unclean spirit , having heard of him , came and fell down at his feet . * Now the woman was a Greek , a Syrophoenician by race . She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter . * But Jesus said to her , "Let the children be filled first , for it is not appropriate to take the children 's bread and throw it to the dogs ." * But she answered him , "Yes , Lord . Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children 's crumbs ." * He said to her , "For this saying , go your way . The demon has gone out of your daughter ." * She went away to her house , and found the child having been laid on the bed , with the demon gone out . * Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon , and came to the sea of Galilee , through the midst of the region of Decapolis . * They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech . They begged him to lay his hand on him . * He took him aside from the multitude , privately , and put his fingers into his ears , and he spat , and touched his tongue . * Looking up to heaven , he sighed , and said to him , "Ephphatha !" that is , "Be opened !" * Immediately his ears were opened , and the impediment of his tongue was released , and he spoke clearly . * He commanded them that they should tell no one , but the more he commanded them , so much the more widely they proclaimed it . * They were astonished beyond measure , saying , "He has done all things well . He makes even the deaf hear , and the mute speak !"

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