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1 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him. Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered to Him after they came from Jerusalem,
2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands. And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. and saw that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unholy hands, that is, unwashed.
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, (For the Pharisees, in fact all the Jews, will not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, keeping the tradition of the elders. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. (For the Pharisees and all the other Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thereby holding firmly to the tradition of the elders;
4 and 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.) When 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.) And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they completely cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received as traditions to firmly hold, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, and copper pots.)
5 And 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?” Then 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?” Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? And the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk in accordance with the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unholy hands?”
6 And 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; He 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. He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.
7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. ‘AND IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men.” For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! He also said to them, “You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain your tradition! And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.
10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ For Moses said: Honor your father and your mother; and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: For Moses said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER’; and, ‘THE ONE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS CERTAINLY TO BE PUT TO DEATH’;
11 But 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)— But 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), But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. but you say, ‘If a person says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is, given to God),’
12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, “you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother;
13 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.” You revoke God’s word by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other similar things.” Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. thereby invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: Summoning the crowd again, He told them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
15 There 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.” Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him. There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. there is nothing outside the person which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which come out of the person are what defile the person.”
16 If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!” If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable. And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. And when He later entered a house, away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.
18 And 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, And 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? And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; And He said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding as well? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot defile him,
19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated.” (As a result, He made all foods clean.) Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thereby He declared all foods clean.)
20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him. And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. And He was saying, “That which comes out of the person, that is what defiles the person.
21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, For from within, out of the hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery,
22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” All these evil things come from within and defile a person.” All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. All these evil things come from within and defile the person.”
24 And 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. He 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. And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. Now Jesus got up and went from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know about it; and yet He could not escape notice.
25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. Instead, immediately after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at His feet. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: But after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.
26 Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon out of her daughter. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician descent. And she repeatedly asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 And 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.” He 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.” But 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. And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” But she replied to Him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. But she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”
29 And he said to her, “For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.” Then He told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And He said to her, “Because of this answer, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone. When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. And after going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. Again, leaving the region of Tyre, He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. Again He left the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.
32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. They brought to Him a deaf man who also had a speech difficulty, and begged Jesus to lay His hand on him. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And they brought to Him one who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged Him to lay His hand on him.
33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. So He took him away from the crowd privately. After putting His fingers in the man’s ears and spitting, He touched his tongue. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers in his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Immediately his ears were opened, his speech difficulty was removed, and he began to speak clearly. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.
36 And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. Then He ordered them to tell no one, but the more He would order them, the more they would proclaim it. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.
37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!” And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even those who are deaf hear, and those who are unable to talk, speak.”
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