¹And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are gathered together to Him.

²And they had seen some of his disciples that with defiled hands, that is unwashed, are eating the bread; they found fault;

³for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they shall wash the hands with a fist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders;

⁴and on coming from the market, now, unless they shall wash, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they received to keep, washings of cups and vessels and utensils and couches for dining.

⁵And the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, Because of why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with unsanctified hands?

⁶And He answered and said to them that, Rightly Isaiah prophesied concerning you the stage-actors, as it has been written that, This people honors Me with the lips, but their heart is kept far away from Me.

⁷Now in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.

⁸For when you had neglected the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, washings of vessels and of cups, and many more like things you do.

⁹And He was saying to them, Neatly you set aside the commandment of God, that you may maintain your tradition.

¹⁰For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother, and, The one speaking evil of father or mother should end in death.

¹¹However you yourselves say that, If a man may say to the father or to the mother, It is Corban, that is a gift, whatever if you shall be profited from me,

¹²and no longer do you allow him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

¹³making void the word of God for your tradition which you have handed down; and many such like things you do.

¹⁴And having called the crowd to Him again, He was saying to them, Listen to Me, all, and understand.

¹⁵There is no thing outside of the man, entering into him, which is able to defile him; the things proceeding out of the man, those are which are defiling the man.

¹⁶If anyone has ears to hear, he should hear.

¹⁷And when He went into the house from the crowd, his disciples were asking Him concerning the parable.

¹⁸And He says to them, Thus also are you yourselves without understanding? Surely you understand that everything outside, entering into the man, is not able to defile him?

¹⁹Because it does not enter into his heart but into the belly, and goes out into the sewer, purifying all the food.

²⁰Now He was saying that, What goes forth out of the man, that is what defiles the man.

²¹For within, from the heart of men, the evil thoughts go forth, sexual immorality, thefts, murders,

²²adulteries, covetous desires, wickednesses, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness;

²³all these evils go forth from within and it defiles the man.

²⁴And from there also, when he had risen up, He went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. And when he had entered into a house, He was wishing no one to know it, and He was not able to be hidden.

²⁵But immediately when a woman had heard about Him, of whom her little daughter had an unclean spirit, she had come and fell at his feet;

²⁶now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by race, and was asking Him that He may cast forth the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷And Jesus was saying to her, Permit the children first to be satisfied; for it is not good to take the bread of the children and to cast it to the dogs.

²⁸But she answered and she says to Him, Yes, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat of the crumbs of the children.

²⁹And He said to her, Because of this word, go, the demon has gone forth out of your daughter.

³⁰And when she had gone away to her home, she found the child laid on the bed and the demon having left.

³¹And again, when he had departed from the region of Tyre, He came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of the Decapolis.

³²And they bring to Him a deaf man who spoke with difficulty, and they implore Him that He may lay the hand on him.

³³And when he had taken him away from the crowd aside privately, He put his fingers to his ears, and when he had spit, He touched his tongue,

³⁴and when he had looked up to the heaven, He sighed deeply and He says to him, Ephphatha! that is, be opened.

³⁵And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plainly.

³⁶And He instructed them that they may speak to no one; however as much as He himself was instructing them, they themselves were proclaiming it more excessive.

³⁷And above measure they were astonished, saying, Well He has done all things, both the deaf He makes to hear and the mute to speak.