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1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
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Then came together to him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem.
2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
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And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled (that is to say with unwashed) hands, they found fault.
3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands often eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles. )
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And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there are, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, and of brazen vessels, and tables.
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?
6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
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He answered and said to them, Well hath Isaiah prophesied concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’
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But, in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
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For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observeyour own traditions!
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And he said to them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition,
10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
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For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Whoever curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)—
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But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, [It is] Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me; [he shall be free].
12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.
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And ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother;
13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
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Making the word of God of no effect through your traditions, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
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And when he had called all the people [to him], he said to them, Hearken to me every one [of you], and understand.
15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
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There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him, can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
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And when he had entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
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And he saith to them, Are ye so void of understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever thing from without entereth into the man, [it] cannot defile him.
19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
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Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all kinds of food.
20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
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And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
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For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
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Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness;
23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
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All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.
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And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know [it]: but he could not be hid.
25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet.
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For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
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(The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
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But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be satisfied: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to the dogs.
28 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
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And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crums.
29 Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”
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And he said to her, For this saying, depart; the demon is gone out of thy daughter.
30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
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And when she had come to her house, she found the demon had gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
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And again, departing from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
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And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.
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And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue.
34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”).
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And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, Effatha, that is, Be opened.
35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.
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And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plain.
36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.
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And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them; so much the more a great deal they published [it];
37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
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And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
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