[1] And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes
who had come from Jerusalem, [2] And had seen that some of his disciples
took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. [3] Now the
Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands
with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them: [4] And
when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands
are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed
down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels. [5] And
the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your
disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with
unwashed hands? [6] And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false
ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far
from me. [7] But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their
teaching the rules of men. [8] For, turning away from the law of God, you
keep the rules of men. [9] And he said to them, Truly you put on one side
the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down
to you. [10] For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He
who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
[11] But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which
you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,
[12] You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; [13]
Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and
a number of other such things you do. [14] And turning to the people again,
he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to
you: [15] There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able
to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those
which make the man unclean. [16] [] [17] And when he had gone into the
house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about
the saying. [18] And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do
you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make
him unclean, [19] Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach,
and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean. [20] And
he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean. [21]
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean
pleasures, [22] The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between
husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the
flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts: [23] All these evil
things come from inside, and make the man unclean. [24] And he went away
from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house,
desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to
keep it secret. [25] But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean
spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his
feet. [26] Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she
made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her
daughter. [27] And he said to her, Let the children first have their food:
for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
[28] But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the
table take the bits dropped by the children. [29] And he said to her, For
this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.
[30] And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the
evil spirit gone out. [31] And again he went out from Tyre, and came
through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis. [32]
And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble
in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him. [33]
And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers
into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his
finger; [34] And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to
him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open. [35] And his ears became open, and the
band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear. [36] And he
gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made
this request, so much the more they made it public. [37] And they were
overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives
back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been
without them.
