1And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees , and certain of the scribes , who had come from Jerusalem , 2and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled , that is , unwashen, hands . 3( For the Pharisees , and all the Jews , except they wash their hands diligently, eat not , holding the tradition of the elders ; 4and when they come from the marketplace, except they bathe themselves , they eat not ; and many other things there are , which they have received to hold , washings of cups , and pots , and brasen vessels .) 5And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him , Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders , but eat their bread with defiled hands ? 6And he said unto them , Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites , as it is written , This people honoreth me with their lips , But their heart is far from me . 7But in vain do they worship me , Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men. 8Ye leave the commandment of God , and hold fast the tradition of men . 9And he said unto them , Full well do ye reject the commandment of God , that ye may keep your tradition . 10For Moses said , Honor thy father and thy mother ; and , He that speaketh evil of father or mother , let him die the death : 11but ye say , If a man shall say to his father or his mother , That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban , that is to say , Given to God ; 12ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother ; 13making void the word of God by your tradition , which ye have delivered : and many such like things ye do . 14And he called to him the multitude again , and said unto them , Hear me all of you , and understand : 15there is nothing from without the man , that going into him can defile him ; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man . 1617And when he was entered into the house from the multitude , his disciples asked of him the parable . 18And he saith unto them , Are ye so without understanding also ? Perceive ye not , that whatsoever from without goeth into the man , it cannot defile him ; 19because it goeth not into his heart , but into his belly , and goeth out into the draught? This he said , making all meats clean . 20And he said , That which proceedeth out of the man , that defileth the man . 21For from within , out of the heart of men , evil thoughts proceed , fornications , thefts , murders , adulteries, 22covetings, wickednesses, deceit , lasciviousness, an evil eye , railing, pride , foolishness: 23all these evil things proceed from within , and defile the man .
The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith
24And from thence he arose , and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house , and would have no man know it ; and he could not be hid . 25But straightway a woman , whose little daughter had an unclean spirit , having heard of him , came and fell down at his feet . 26Now the woman was a Greek , a Syrophoenician by race . And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter . 27And he said unto her , Let the children first be filled : for it is not meet to take the children ’s bread and cast it to the dogs . 28But she answered and saith unto him , Yea , Lord ; even the dogs under the table eat of the children ’ s crumbs . 29And he said unto her , For this saying go thy way ; the demon is gone out of thy daughter . 30And she went away unto her house , and found the child laid upon the bed , and the demon gone out .
Healing of a Deaf and Mute Man
31And again he went out from the borders of Tyre , and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee , through the midst of the borders of Decapolis . 32And they bring unto him one that was deaf , and had an impediment in his speech ; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him . 33And he took him aside from the multitude privately , and put his fingers into his ears , and he spat , and touched his tongue ; 34and looking up to heaven , he sighed , and saith unto him , Ephphatha , that is , Be opened . 35And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed , and he spake plain . 36And 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 . 37And they were beyond measure astonished , saying , He hath done all things well ; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak .