1 T hen the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

Now there gathered together to the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

2 N ow when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.

For they had seen that some of His disciples ate with common hands, that is, unwashed '> ceremonial washing]—

3 ( For the Pharisees and all the Jews, don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands '> up to the elbow] with clenched fist, adhering to the tradition of their forefathers.

4 T hey don’t 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, bronze vessels, and couches.)

And from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions, the washing of cups and wooden pitchers and widemouthed jugs and utensils of copper and beds—

5 T he Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”

And the Pharisees and scribes kept asking, Why do Your disciples not order their way of living according to the tradition handed down by the forefathers, but eat with hands unwashed and ceremonially not purified?

6 H e answered 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.

But He said to them, Excellently and truly '> so that there will be no room for blame] did Isaiah prophesy of you, the pretenders and hypocrites, as it stands written: These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far distant from Me.

7 B ut they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

In vain (fruitlessly and without profit) do they worship Me, ordering and teaching as doctrines the commandments and precepts of men.

8 “ For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”

You disregard and give up and ask to depart from you the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men.

9 H e said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

And He said to them, You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition (your own human regulations)!

10 F or Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

For Moses said, Honor (revere with tenderness of feeling and deference) your father and your mother, and, He who curses or reviles or speaks evil of or abuses or treats improperly his father or mother, let him surely die.

11 B ut 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”;’

But you say, A man is exempt if he tells father or mother, What you would otherwise have gained from me is Corban, that is, is a gift,

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

Then you no longer are permitting him to do anything for father or mother.

13 m aking void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

Thus you are nullifying and making void and of no effect the Word of God through your tradition, which you hand on. And many things of this kind you are doing.

14 H e called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

And He called the people to again and said to them, Listen to Me, all of you, and understand.

15 T here 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.

There is not one thing outside a man which by going into him can pollute and defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him and make him unhallowed and unclean.

16 I f anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening '> perceive and comprehend by hearing].

17 W hen he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

And when He had left the crowd and had gone into the house, His disciples began asking Him about the parable.

18 H e said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

And He said to them, Then are you also unintelligent and dull and without understanding? Do you not discern and see that whatever goes into a man from the outside cannot make him unhallowed or unclean,

19 b ecause it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods ?”

Since it does not reach and enter his heart but digestive tract, and so passes on ? Thus He was making and declaring all foods clean '> abolishing the ceremonial distinctions of the Levitical Law].

20 H e said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

And He said, What comes out of a man is what makes a man unclean and renders unhallowed.

21 F or from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

For from within, out of the hearts of men, come base and wicked thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,

22 c ovetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

Coveting (a greedy desire to have more wealth), dangerous and destructive wickedness, deceit; unrestrained (indecent) conduct; an evil eye (envy), slander (evil speaking, malicious misrepresentation, abusiveness), pride ( the sin of an uplifted heart against God and man), foolishness (folly, lack of sense, recklessness, thoughtlessness).

23 A ll these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”

All these evil come from within, and they make the man unclean and render him unhallowed.

24 F rom there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.

And Jesus arose and went away from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He went into a house and did not want anyone to know; but it was not possible for Him to be hidden.

25 F or a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

Instead, at once, a woman whose little daughter had (was under the control of) an unclean spirit heard about Him and came and flung herself down at His feet.

26 N ow the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

Now the woman was a Greek (Gentile), a Syrophoenician by nationality. And she kept begging Him to drive the demon out of her little daughter.

27 B ut Jesus 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.”

And He said to her, First let the children be fed, for it is not becoming or proper or right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.

28 B ut she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

But she answered Him, Yes, Lord, yet even the small pups under the table eat the little children’s scraps of food.

29 H e said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

And He said to her, Because of this saying, you may go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.

30 S he went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

And she went home and found the child thrown on the couch, and the demon departed.

31 A gain he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the region of Decapolis.

Soon after this, Jesus, coming back from the region of Tyre, passed through Sidon on to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Decapolis.

32 T hey brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

And they brought to Him a man who was deaf and had difficulty in speaking, and they begged Jesus to place His hand upon him.

33 H e took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.

And taking him aside from the crowd, He thrust His fingers into the man’s ears and spat and touched his tongue;

34 L ooking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

And looking up to heaven, He sighed as He said, Ephphatha, which means, Be opened!

35 I mmediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

And his ears were opened, his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak distinctly and as he should.

36 H e commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

And Jesus '> in His own interest] admonished and ordered them sternly and expressly to tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.

37 T hey were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”

And they were overwhelmingly astonished, saying, He has done everything excellently (commendably and nobly)! He even makes the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak!