Verse 1 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. Verse 2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault. Verse 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Judeans, do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. Verse 4 They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, and bronze vessels.) Verse 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?" Verse 6 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. Verse 7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' Verse 8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men." Verse 9 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. Verse 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' Verse 11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"' Verse 12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, Verse 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this." Verse 14 He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. Verse 15 There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man." [ Verse 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!] Verse 17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. Verse 18 He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, Verse 19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?" Verse 20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. Verse 21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, Verse 22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. Verse 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man." Verse 24 From there he arose, and went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice. Verse 25 For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, immediately came and fell down at his feet. Verse 26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. Verse 27 But he said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." Verse 28 But she answered him, "Yes, Sir. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." Verse 29 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter." Verse 30 And when she went away to her house, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone out. Verse 31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis. Verse 32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. Verse 33 He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue. Verse 34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" Verse 35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly. Verse 36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it. Verse 37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"