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1 And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem.
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Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him,
2 And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
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they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.
3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients.
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(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders;
4 And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots and of brazen vessels and of beds.
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and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles. )
5 And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands?
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So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"
6 But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men.
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in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.'
8 For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these.
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You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition."
9 And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
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Then he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition!
10 For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.
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For Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother'; and, "Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.'
11 But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban (which is a gift) whatsoever is from me shall profit thee.
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But you say that if anyone tells father or mother, "Whatever support you might have had from me is Corban' (that is, an offering to God )—
12 And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,
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then you no longer permit doing anything for a father or mother,
13 Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.
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thus making void the word of God through your tradition that you have handed on. And you do many things like this."
14 And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me all and understand.
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Then he called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand:
15 There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.
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there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile."
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
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17 And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable.
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When he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? Understand you not that every thing from without entering into a man cannot defile him:
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He said to them, "Then do you also fail to understand? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
19 Because it entereth not into his heart but goeth into his belly and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?
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since it enters, not the heart but the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
20 But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.
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And he said, "It is what comes out of a person that defiles.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
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adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly.
23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.
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All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."
24 And rising from thence he went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon: and entering into a house, he would that no man should know it. And he could not be hid.
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From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice,
25 For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet.
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but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet.
26 For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
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Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 Who said to her: suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.
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He said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs."
28 But she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat under the table of the crumbs of the children.
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But she answered him, "Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
29 And he said to her: For this saying, go thy way. The devil is gone out of thy daughter.
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Then he said to her, "For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your daughter."
30 And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying upon the bed and that the devil was gone out.
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So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
31 And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst the of the coasts of Decapolis.
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Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb: and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him.
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They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears: and spitting, he touched his tongue.
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He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue.
34 And looking up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.
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Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."
35 And immediately his ears were opened and the string of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.
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And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it.
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Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
37 And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well. He hath made both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.
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They were astounded beyond measure, saying, "He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
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