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Then came togetheruntohim the Pharisees,andcertain of the scribes, which camefromJerusalem.
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And when they sawsome of hisdiscipleseatbread with defiled,[a] that is to say, with unwashen,hands, they found fault.
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For the Pharisees,andall the Jews,except they wash their handsoft,[b]eatnot,holding the tradition of the elders.
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And when they come from the market,except they wash, they eatnot.Andmany other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups,andpots*,[c] brasen vessels,and of tables.
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Then the Phariseesandscribesaskedhim,Whywalknotthydisciplesaccording to the tradition of the elders,buteatbread with unwashenhands?
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He answeredandsaid unto them*, Well hath Esaiasprophesiedofyouhypocrites,as it is written, Thispeoplehonourethme with their lips,buttheirheartisfarfromme.
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Howbeit in vain do they worshipme,teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of potsandcups:andmanyothersuch like things ye do.
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And he said unto them,Full well ye reject[d] the commandment of God,that ye may keep your owntradition.
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ForMosessaid, Honourthyfatherandthymother;and, Whoso cursethfatherormother, let him die the death:
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Butyesay, If a man shall say to his fatherormother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift,bywhatsoeverthou mightest be profited byme; he shall be free.
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And ye sufferhim no more to doought for hisfatherorhismother;
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Making the word of God of none effect through yourtradition,which ye have delivered: andmanysuch like things do ye.
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And when he had calledall the people unto him, he said unto them,Hearken unto me every one of you, andunderstand:
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There isnothing from without a man,thatenteringintohimcandefilehim:but the things which come out ofhim,those are they that defile the man.
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Andwhen he was enteredinto the housefrom the people,hisdisciplesaskedhimconcerning the parable.
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And he saith unto them,Areyeso without understandingalso? Do yenotperceive, that whatsoever thing from withoutenterethinto the man, it cannot*defilehim;
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Because it enterethnotintohisheart,butinto the belly,and goeth outinto the draught,purgingallmeats?
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And he said*, That which cometh out of the man,thatdefileth the man.
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For from within, out of the heart of men,proceedevilthoughts,adulteries,fornications,murders,
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Thefts,covetousness,[e]wickedness,deceit,lasciviousness, an evileye,blasphemy,pride,foolishness:
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Allthese evil thingscome from within,anddefile the man.
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And from thence he arose, and wentinto the borders of TyreandSidon,andenteredinto an house, and would have no manknow it: but he couldnot be hid.
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For a certain woman,whoseyoungdaughterhad an uncleanspirit,heardofhim, and came and fellathisfeet:
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Thewomanwas a Greek,[f] a Syrophenician by nation;and she besoughthimthat he would cast forth the devil out ofherdaughter.
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ButJesussaid unto her,Let the childrenfirst be filled: for it isnotmeet to take the children'sbread,and to cast it unto the dogs.
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And she answeredandsaid unto him,Yes,Lord:yetthedogsunder the tableeatof the children'scrumbs.
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And he said unto her,Forthissaying go thy way; the devil is gone out ofthydaughter.
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And when she was cometoherhouse, she found the devil gone out, and her daughterlaidupon the bed.
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Andagain,departingfrom the coasts of TyreandSidon, he cameunto the sea of Galilee,through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
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And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech;and they beseechhimtoput his hand upon him.
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And he tookhimaside*from the multitude, and puthisfingersintohisears,and he spit, and touchedhistongue;
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And looking uptoheaven, he sighed, andsaith unto him,Ephphatha, that is,Be opened.
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Andstraightwayhisears were opened, and the string of histongue was loosed, and he spakeplain.
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And he chargedthemthat they should tell no man:but the morehechargedthem, so much the more a great deal they published it;
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And were beyond measureastonished, saying, He hath done all thingswell: he makethboth the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.