aThe Pharisees and some
of the scribes
gathered
around
Him when they had come
bfrom Jerusalem
,
and had seen that some
of His disciples
were eating
their bread
with aimpure
hands
, that is, unwashed
.
(For the Pharisees and all
the Jews
do not eat
unless
they 1carefully
wash
their hands
, thus observing
the atraditions
of the elders
;
and when they come from the market place
, they do not eat
unless
they 1cleanse
themselves; and there are many
other
things
which
they have received
in order to observe
, such as the 2washing
of acups
and pitchers
and copper
pots
.)
The Pharisees and the scribes
*asked
Him, "Why
do Your disciples
not walk
according
to the atradition
of the elders
, but eat
their bread
with bimpure
hands
?"
And He said to them, "Rightly
did Isaiah
prophesy
of you hypocrites
, as it is written
: ` aTHIS
PEOPLE
HONORS
ME WITH THEIR LIPS
, BUT THEIR HEART
IS FAR
AWAY
FROM ME.
` aBUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP
ME, TEACHING
AS DOCTRINES
THE PRECEPTS
OF MEN
.'
"Neglecting the commandment
of God
, you hold
to the atradition
of men
."
He was also saying
to them, "You are experts
at setting
aside
the commandment
of God
in order
to keep
your atradition
.
"For Moses said
, ` aHONOR
YOUR FATHER
AND YOUR MOTHER
'; and, ` bHE WHO SPEAKS
EVIL
OF FATHER
OR
MOTHER
, IS TO 1BE PUT
TO DEATH
';
but you say, `If
a man
says
to his father
or
his mother
, whatever
I have
that would help
you is aCorban
(that is to say, 1given
to God),'
you no longer
permit
him to do
anything
for his father
or
his mother
;
thus invalidating the word
of God
by your atradition
which
you have handed
down
; and you do
many
things
such
as that."
After He called the crowd
to Him again
, He began saying
to them, "Listen
to Me, all
of you, and understand
:
there is nothing outside
the man
which can
defile
him if it goes
into him; but the things which proceed
out of the man
are what defile
the man
.
[" 1If anyone
has
ears
to hear
, let him hear
."]
When he had left
the crowd
and entered
athe house
, bHis disciples
questioned
Him about the parable
.
And He *said to them, "Are you so
lacking
in understanding
also
? Do you not understand
that whatever
goes
into the man
from outside
cannot
defile
him,
because it does not go
into his heart
, but into his stomach
, and 1is eliminated
?" (Thus He declared
aall
foods
bclean
.)
And He was saying, " aThat which proceeds
out of the man
, that is what defiles
the man
.
"For from within, out of the heart
of men
, proceed
the evil
thoughts
, 1fornications
, thefts
, murders
, adulteries
,
deeds of coveting
and wickedness
, as well as deceit
, sensuality
, 1 aenvy
, slander
, 2pride
and foolishness
.
"All these
evil
things
proceed
from within
and defile
the man
."
aJesus got up and went
away
from there
to the region
of bTyre
1. And when He had entered
a house
, He wanted
no
one
to know
of it; 2yet
He could
not escape
notice
.
But after hearing of Him, a woman
whose
little
daughter
had
an unclean
spirit
immediately
came
and fell
at His feet
.
Now the woman
was a 1Gentile
, of the Syrophoenician
race
. And she kept asking
Him to cast
the demon
out of her daughter
.
And He was saying to her, "Let
the children
be satisfied
first
, for it is not 1good
to take
the children's
bread
and throw
it to the dogs
."
But she answered and *said
to Him, "Yes
, Lord
, but even
the dogs
under
the table
feed
on the children's
crumbs
."
And He said to her, "Because
of this
1answer
go
; the demon
has gone
out of your daughter
."
And going back
to her home
, she found
the child
1lying
on the bed
, the demon
having left
.
aAgain He went
out from the region
of bTyre
, and came
through
Sidon
to cthe Sea
of Galilee
, within
the region
of dDecapolis
.
They *brought to Him one
who
was deaf
and spoke
with difficulty
, and they *implored
Him to alay
His hand
on him.
aJesus took him aside
from the crowd
, by himself
, and put
His fingers
into his ears
, and after aspitting
, He touched
his tongue
with the saliva;
and looking up to heaven
with a deep
asigh
, He *said
to him, "Ephphatha
!" that is, "Be opened
!"
And his ears were opened
, and the 1impediment
of his tongue
2was removed
, and he began speaking
plainly
.
And aHe gave them orders
not to tell
anyone
; but the more
He ordered
them, the more
widely
they bcontinued to proclaim
it.
They were utterly astonished
, saying
, "He has done
all
things
well
; He makes
even
the deaf
to hear
and the mute
to speak
."