| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus. | 1The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him. |
| 2They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them. | 2They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean--that is, unwashed--hands. |
| 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, in fact all the Jews, will not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, keeping 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.) | 4When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they have washed. And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, jugs, copper utensils, 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." | 5Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why don't Your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ritually unclean 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. | 6He answered them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: These people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. |
| 7Their worship of me is worthless, because they teach human rules as doctrines.' | 7They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men. |
| 8You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition." | 8Disregarding the command of God, you keep 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! | 9He also said to them, "You completely invalidate God's command in order to maintain 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 speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death. |
| 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 mother: Whatever benefit you might have received from me is Corban" (that is, a gift committed to the temple), |
| 12you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.' | 12"you no longer let him 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." | 13You revoke God's word by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other similar things." |
| 14Then he called to the crowd again and told them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand! | 14Summoning the crowd again, He told them, "Listen to 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. | 15Nothing that goes into a person from outside 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!" | 16If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!" |
| 17When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable. | 17When He went into the house away from the crowd, the 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, "Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don't you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him? |
| 19Because it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then into the sewer, thereby expelling all foods." | 19For it doesn't go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated." (As a result, He made all foods clean.) |
| 20Then he continued, "It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean, | 20Then He said, "What comes out of a person--that 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 people's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, |
| 22adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. | 22adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. |
| 23All these things come from inside and make a person unclean." | 23All these evil things come from within and 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. | 24He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice. |
| 25In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet. | 25Instead, immediately after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell 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 Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive 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." | 27He said to her, "Allow the children to be satisfied first, because it isn't 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 replied to Him, "Lord, 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." | 29Then He told her, "Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter." |
| 30So she went home and found her child lying in bed, and the demon was gone. | 30When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone. |
| 31Then Jesus left the territory of Tyre and passed through Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the territory of the Decapolis. | 31Again, leaving the region of Tyre, He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through 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. | 32They brought to Him a deaf man who also had a speech difficulty, and begged Jesus 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. | 33So He took him away from the crowd privately. After putting His fingers in the man's ears and spitting, He touched his tongue. |
| 34Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and told him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened!" | 34Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply 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. | 35Immediately his ears were opened, his speech difficulty was removed, and he began to speak clearly. |
| 36Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone, but the more he kept ordering them, the more they kept spreading the news. | 36Then He ordered them to tell no one, but the more He would order them, the more they would proclaim it. |
| 37Amazed beyond measure, they kept on saying, "He does everything well! He even makes deaf people hear and mute people talk!" | 37They were extremely astonished and said, "He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!" |
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