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1 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
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And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,
2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
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and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders,
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(for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;
4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches. )
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and [on coming] from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches),
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands? ”
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then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?
6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
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But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.
7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. ’
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But in vain do they worship me, teaching [as their] teachings commandments of men.
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men. ”
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[For], leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men [to keep] -- washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
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And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].
10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die. ’
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For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God) —
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But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, [It is] corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by ...
12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,
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And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
13 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do. ”
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making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:
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And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all [of you], and understand:
15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him. ”
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There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.
17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
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And he says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,
19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled? ” ( Thus he declared all foods clean. )
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because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
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And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
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For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
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thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;
23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person. ”
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all these wicked things go forth from within and defile the man.
24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.
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And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know [it], and he could not be hid.
25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.
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But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell at his feet
26 Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
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(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs. ”
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But [Jesus] said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs. ”
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But she answered and says to him, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29 And he said to her, “For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter. ”
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And he said to her, Because of this word, go thy way, the demon is gone out of thy daughter.
30 And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.
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And having gone away to her house she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
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And again having left the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
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And they bring to him a deaf [man] who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on him.
33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.
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And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha, ”that is, “Be opened. ”
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and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
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And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.
36 And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
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And he charged them that they should speak to no one [of it]. But so much the more *he* charged them, so much the more abundantly *they* proclaimed it;
37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak. ”
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and they were astonished above measure, saying, He does all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the speechless to speak.
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