1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are gathered together to Him. 2 And they had seen that some of His disciples are eating the bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands. 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash the hands carefully, holding the tradition of the elders; 4 and on coming from the market, they do not eat unless they wash; and there are many other things which they received, for them to hold to—washings of cups and vessels and utensils and couches for dining. 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with unwashed hands?” 6 And He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written: ‘This people honors Me with the lips, but their heart is kept far away from Me; 7 and they worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ 8 Having neglected the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.” 9 And He was saying to them, “Neatly do you set aside the commandment of God, that you might keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your Father and your mother,’ and, ‘The one speaking evil of father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say that if a man says to the father or the mother, ‘Whatever you might be profited from me, it is Corban,’ that is, a gift, 12 no longer do you permit him to do anything for the father or the mother, 13 word-definition " data-lexid="270447">making void the word word-definition symbolism" data-lexid="270449">of God for your tradition, word-definition " data-lexid="270451">which word-definition " data-lexid="270452">you have handed down. And word-definition " data-lexid="270453">you do word-definition " data-lexid="270454">many things like such.” 14 And having summoned the crowd again, He was saying to them, “Listen to Me, all, and understand: 15 There is nothing from outside the man entering into him which is able to defile him; but the things proceeding out of the man are the things defiling the man.” 16 17 And when He went into the house from the crowd, His disciples were asking Him the parable. 18 And He says to them, “Thus are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything entering into the man from outside is not able to defile him, 19 because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the sewer?” (Thus purifying all foods.) 20 And He was saying, “That going forth out of the man, that defiles the man. 21 For from within the heart of men go forth evil thoughts, sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 covetous desires, wickednesses, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evils go forth from within, and they defile the man.” 24 And from there having risen up, He went away into the region of Tyre. And having entered into a house, He was wishing no one to know it, but He was not able to be hidden. 25 But immediately, having heard about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at His feet. 26 Now the woman was Gentile, Syrophoenician by race, and kept asking Him that He should cast forth the demon out of her daughter. 27 And He was saying to her, “Permit the children to be satisfied first; for it is not good to take the children’s bread and to cast it to the dogs.” 28 But she answered and says to Him, “Yes, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.” 29 And He said to her, “Because of this word, go; the demon has gone forth out of your daughter.” 30 And having gone away to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon having gone out. 31 And again having departed from the region of Tyre, He came through Sidon, to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of the Decapolis. 32 And they bring to Him a man who was deaf and who spoke with difficulty, and they implore Him that He might lay the hand on him. 33 And having taken him away from the crowd privately, He put His fingers to his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue, 34 and having looked up to heaven He sighed deeply, and He says to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). 35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he began speaking plainly. 36 And He instructed them that they should tell no one. But as much as He kept instructing them, they were proclaiming it more abundantly. 37 And they were astonished above measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”