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1Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.

1The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.

2Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

2They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.

3(The Pharisees—and indeed all the Jewish people—don't eat unless they wash their hands properly, following the tradition of their elders.

4When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.

4They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)

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

5So the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with unclean hands."

6He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

6He told them, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites. As it is written, 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

7And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

7Their worship of me is worthless, because they teach human rules as doctrines.'

8For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men— the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”

8You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition."

9He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

9Then he told them, "You have such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!

10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’

10Because Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

11But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban”—’ (that is, a gift to God),

11But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,"' (that is, an offering to God)

12then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,

12you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.'

13making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

13You are destroying the word of God through your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other things like that."

14When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and understand:

14Then he called to the crowd again and told them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand!

15There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

15Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean.

16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

16If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen!"

17When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.

17When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.

18So He said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

18He asked them, "Are you so ignorant? Don't you know that nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean?

19because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?”

19Because it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then into the sewer, thereby expelling all foods."

20And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.

20Then he continued, "It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean,

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

21because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

22thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

22adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

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

23All these things come from inside and make a person unclean."

24From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden.

24Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house, not wanting anyone to know he was there. However, it couldn't be kept a secret.

25For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.

25In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

26The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

26Now the woman happened to be a Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She kept asking him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

27But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

27But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

28And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”

28But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the puppies under the table eat some of the children's crumbs."

29Then He said to her, “For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”

29Then he told her, "Because you have said this, go! The demon has left your daughter."

30And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.

30So she went home and found her child lying in bed, and the demon was gone.

31Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee.

31Then Jesus left the territory of Tyre and passed through Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the territory of the Decapolis.

32Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him.

32Some people brought him a deaf man who also had a speech impediment. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

33And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

33Jesus took him away from the crowd to be alone with him. Putting his fingers into the man's ears, he touched the man's tongue with saliva.

34Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

34Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and told him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened!"

35Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

35The man's hearing and speech were restored at once, and he began to talk normally.

36Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

36Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone, but the more he kept ordering them, the more they kept spreading the news.

37And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

37Amazed beyond measure, they kept on saying, "He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!"

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