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That Which Defiles
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
Tradition and Vain Worship
And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,
And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,
and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.
(for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;
and [on coming] from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches),
So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?
He replied, “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.
“ ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.
But in vain do they worship me, teaching [as their] teachings commandments of men.
You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
[For], leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men [to keep] -- washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.
And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God) —
But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, [It is] corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by ...
then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.
And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
What Defiles a Man
And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all [of you], and understand:
And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all [of you], and understand:
Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.
After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
And he says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,
For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?
He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.
For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come — sexual immorality, theft, murder,
For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;
All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
all these wicked things go forth from within and defile the man.
The Faith of the Syrophoenician Woman
And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know [it], and he could not be hid.
And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know [it], and he could not be hid.
In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet.
But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell at his feet
The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
“First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
But [Jesus] said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
“Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
But she answered and says to him, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”
And he said to her, Because of this word, go thy way, the demon is gone out of thy daughter.
She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
And having gone away to her house she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man
And again having left the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
And again having left the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
And they bring to him a deaf [man] who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on him.
After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.
And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue;
He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”).
and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.
And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.
Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.
And he charged them that they should speak to no one [of it]. But so much the more *he* charged them, so much the more abundantly *they* proclaimed it;