¹ Then came together unto him [the] Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

² who upon seeing some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is to say, with unwashed, hands, they condemned them.

³ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash [their] hands often, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

⁴ And [when they come] from the market, unless they wash, they eat not. And there are many other things which they took upon themselves to hold [such as] the washing of cups and pots, brasen vessels and of tables.)

⁵ Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders but eat bread with unwashed hands?

⁶ He answered and said unto them, Well has Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honours me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.

⁷ Howbeit in vain do they honor me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.

⁸ 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 also said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

¹⁰ For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Whosoever curses father or mother shall most definitely die.

¹¹ But ye say, It is enough if a man shall say to his father or mother, [It is] all Corban, (that is to say, my gift to God) whatever with which thou mightest be profited by me.

¹² And ye suffer him to do no more for his father or for his mother,

¹³ invalidating the word of God with your tradition, which ye have given; and many such like things do ye.

¹⁴ And when he had called all the people [unto him], he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one [of you] and understand;

¹⁵ there is nothing from outside the man that entering into him can defile him, but the things which come out of him, those are what defile the man.

¹⁶ If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁷ And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

¹⁸ And he said unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not understand that anything from outside that enters into the man cannot defile him?

¹⁹ Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and [the man] goes out to the privy and purges all foods.

²⁰ For he had said that [it is] what comes out of the man that defiles the man.

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth the evil thoughts, the adulteries, the fornications, the murders,

²² the thefts, the covetousness, the wickedness, the deceit, the lasciviousness, the evil eye, the slander, the pride, the unwiseness:

²³ all these evil things come out from within and defile the man.

²⁴ And from there he arose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entering into a house, desired that no man know [of it]; but he could not be hid.

²⁵ 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, a Syrophenician by nation, and she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷ But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread and to cast [it] unto the dogs.

²⁸ And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

²⁹ And he said unto her, For this word go; the demon has gone out of thy daughter.

³⁰ And when she came to her house, she found that the demon had gone out, and the daughter lay upon the bed.

³¹ And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon unto the sea of Galilee through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.

³² And they bring unto him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

³³ And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into the man's ears; and spitting, he touched the man's tongue [with the saliva];

³⁴ and looking up to heaven, he cried out, and said, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

³⁵ And straightway his ears were opened, and that which bound his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

³⁶ And he charged them that they should tell no one; but the more he commanded them, so much more and more they published [it]

³⁷ and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He has done all things well: he makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.: