And the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who came from Jerusalem are gathered together unto him,
and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashed, hands,
for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the ancients.
And when they come from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat. And many other things there are which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, brazen utensils, and couches.
Then the Pharisees and scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples walk not according to the tradition of the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?
But he answered and said unto them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
For, leaving the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of vessels and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe your own tradition.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
But ye say, If a man say to his father or mother, It is corban, that is, gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
and ye suffer him no more to do anything for his father or his mother,
making void the word of God through your traditions which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
And when he had called again the crowd, he said to them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
There is nothing from outside a man, entering into him, can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.
If anyone have ears to hear, let him hear.
And when he entered indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
And he says unto them, Are ye also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,
because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
And he said, That which goeth forth out of the man, that defileth the man.
For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
all these wicked things go forth from within, and defile the man.
And he rose up and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon and entered into an house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid.
But immediately a certain woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet.
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
But [Jesus] said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she answered and says to him, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
And he said unto her, Because of this saying, go thy way: the demon is gone out of thy daughter.
And having gone away to her house she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
And again, departing from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
And they bring to him [one] that was deaf, and had an impediment in speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
And he took him aside from the crowd, and put his fingers to his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue;
and, looking up to heaven, he groaned, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
And he charged them that they should tell no man; but the more he charged them, so much the more abundantly they published [it];
and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: He makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.