| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. | 1Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him. |
| 2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. | 2And they saw that some of Jesus' disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed. |
| 3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. | 3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders. |
| 4And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. | 4And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.) |
| 5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? | 5The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?" |
| 6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. | 6He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. |
| 7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. | 7They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.' |
| 8For 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. | 8Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition." |
| 9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. | 9He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition. |
| 10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: | 10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.' |
| 11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. | 11But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God), |
| 12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; | 12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. |
| 13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. | 13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this." |
| 14And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: | 14Then he called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand. |
| 15There 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. | 15There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him." |
| 16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. | 16 |
| 17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. | 17Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable. |
| 18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; | 18He said to them, "Are you so foolish? Don't you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him? |
| 19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? | 19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer." (This means all foods are clean.) |
| 20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. | 20He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him. |
| 21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, | 21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, |
| 22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: | 22adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly. |
| 23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. | 23All these evils come from within and defile a person." |
| 24And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. | 24After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice. |
| 25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: | 25Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet. |
| 26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. | 26The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. |
| 27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. | 27He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs." |
| 28And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. | 28She answered, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." |
| 29And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. | 29Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter." |
| 30And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. | 30She went home and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. |
| 31And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. | 31Then Jesus went out again from the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis. |
| 32And 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. | 32They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him. |
| 33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; | 33After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man's ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue. |
| 34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. | 34Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, "Ephphatha" (that is, "Be opened"). |
| 35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. | 35And immediately the man's ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly. |
| 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; | 36Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more. |
| 37And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. | 37People were completely astounded and said, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." |
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