¹ And there come together to him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem;

² and seeing some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands,

³ (for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, do not eat, holding fast the tradition of the elders;

⁴ and on coming from the marketplace, unless they bathe, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the dipping of cups, and pitchers, and brazen vessels;)

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

⁶ And he said to 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.

⁷ But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."

⁸ Laying aside, the commandment of God, ye hold fast the tradition of men.

⁹ And he said to them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition!

¹⁰ For Moses said, "Honor thy father and thy mother;" and, "He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die."

¹¹ But ye say, If a man say to his father or mother, Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is Corban, that is, a gift to God, [he is not bound by the command. Thus]

¹² ye suffer him no longer to do anything for his father or his mother;

¹³ making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have handed down; and many such things ye do.

¹⁴ And again calling the multitude to him, he said to them, Hearken to me all of you, and understand.

¹⁵ Nothing that entereth into a man from without can defile him; but the things that come out of him are what defile a man.

¹⁷ And when he had gone into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

¹⁸ And he saith to them, Are ye too so without discernment? Do ye not understand that whatever thing from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?

¹⁹ because it entereth not into his heart, but into the stomach; and goeth out into the drain, which cleanseth all kinds of food.

²⁰ And he said, That which cometh out of a man, that defileth a man.

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

²² thefts, murders, adulteries, covetousness, iniquities, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.

²⁴ And rising up, he departed thence into the borders of Tyre; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know it; but he could not escape notice.

²⁵ But a woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, immediately hearing of him, came in, and fell at his feet.

²⁶ The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.

²⁷ And he said to her, Let the children be filled first; for it is not well to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.

²⁸ But she answered, and saith to him, Yea, Lord; even the little dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

²⁹ And he said to her, For this saying go thy way; the demon hath gone out of thy daughter.

³⁰ And going away to her house, she found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

³¹ And again leaving the borders of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the lake of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.

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

³³ And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spit, touched his tongue;

³⁴ and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

³⁵ And his ears were opened; and the string of his tongue was immediately loosed, and he spoke plain.

³⁶ And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more did they publish it.

³⁷ And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.