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

1Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

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

2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

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

3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders,

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.)

4and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)

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."

5And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”

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.

6And he 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;

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

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

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

8You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

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

9And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

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

10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

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)

11But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)—

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

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

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

13thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

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

14And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:

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.

15There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”

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

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

17And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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?

18And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,

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

19since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

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

20And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

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

21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

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

22coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

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

23All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

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.

24And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.

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

25But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.

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.

26Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

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."

27And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

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

28But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

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

29And he said to her, “For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.”

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

30And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.

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

31Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.

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

32And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.

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.

33And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.

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

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

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

35And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

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

36And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.

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

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

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