1Then came together unto Him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem.
2And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled (that is to say, unwashed) hands, they found fault.
3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat, unless they wash their hands oft, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4And when they come from the market, they eat not unless they wash; and there are many other customs which they have received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables.
5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?"
6He answered and said unto them, "Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: `This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
7Therefore, in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.'
8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold to the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups, and many other like things ye do."
9And He said unto them, "Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10For Moses said, `Honor thy father and thy mother,' and, `Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death.'
11But ye say that if a man shall say to his father or mother, `It is Corban' (that is to say, a gift of whatsoever thou mightest have profited from me), he shall be freed;
12and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother,
13thus making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. And many like things do ye."
14And when He had called all the people unto Him, He said unto them, "Hearken unto Me every one of you, and understand:
15There is nothing from outside a man that, entering into him, can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear."
17And when He had entered into the house away from the people, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.
18And He said unto them, "Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from outside entereth into a man, it cannot defile him,
19because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly and goeth out into the drain, thereby purging all meats?"
20And He said, "That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23all these evil things come from within and defile the man."
24And from thence He arose and went into the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know about it; but He could not be hid.
25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him, and came and fell at His feet.
26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil 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."
28And she answered and said unto Him, "Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs."
29And He said unto her, "For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter."
30And when she had come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the Sea of Galilee through the midst of the region of Decapolis.
32And they brought unto Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they besought Him to put His hand upon him.
33And He took him aside from the multitude and put His fingers into his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.
34And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said unto him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."
35And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed and he spoke plainly.
36And He charged them that they should tell no man. But the more He charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it
37and were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak."