1 A nd gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

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

2 a nd having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

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

3 f or the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding 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 a nd, from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen 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 hen question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

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 a nd he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and 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 a nd in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

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

8 f or, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

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

9 A nd he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

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, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the 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 a nd ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

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 a nd no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

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

13 s etting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

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 A nd having called near all the multitude, he said to them, `Hearken to me, ye all, 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 without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling 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 any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

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

17 A nd when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

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

18 a nd he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to 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 doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

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 A nd he said -- `That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile 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 heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

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

22 t hefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, 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 evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'

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

24 A nd from thence having risen, he went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, he wished none to know, and he was not able to be hid,

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 having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell 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 a nd the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation -- and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth 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 A nd Jesus said to her, `Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little 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 A nd she answered and saith to him, `Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of 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 A nd he said to her, `Because of this word go; the demon hath gone forth out of thy daughter;'

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

30 a nd having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.

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

31 A nd again, having gone forth from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts 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 a nd they bring to him a deaf, stuttering man, and they call on him that he may put the 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 A nd having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he 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 a nd having looked to the heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, `Ephphatha,' that is, `Be thou opened;'

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

35 a nd immediately were his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plain.

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

36 A nd he charged them that they may tell no one, but the more he was charging them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming,

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 a nd they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, `Well hath he done all things; both the deaf he doth make to hear, and the dumb to 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!