Mark 7

7Then ^acame together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. ²And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with ^||defiled, that is to say, ^bwith unwashen, hands, they found fault. ³For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands ^||oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. ⁴And when they come from the market, except they ^cwash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the ^cwashing of ^dcups, and ^||pots, brasen vessels, and of ^||tables. ⁵Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread ^bwith unwashen hands? ⁶He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, ^eThis people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ⁷Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. ⁸For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as ^fthe washing of pots and cups: ^gand many other such like things ye do. ⁹And he said unto them, Full well ye ^||hreject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. ¹⁰For Moses said, ^hhHonour thy father and thy mother; and, ⁱWhoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: ¹¹But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is ⁱⁱCorban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. ¹²And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; ¹³Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: ^gand many such like things do ye.

¹⁴And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: ¹⁵There 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. ^16jIf any man have ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁷And when he was entered ^kinto the house from the people, ^lhis disciples asked him concerning the parable. ¹⁸And 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; ¹⁹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? ²⁰And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²Thefts, ^†ncovetousness, ⁿwickedness, deceit, ^olasciviousness, ^pan evil eye, blasphemy, ^qpride, ^rfoolishness: ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

²⁴And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of ^xTyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. ²⁵For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: ²⁶The woman was a ^||Greek, a ^sSyrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. ²⁷But 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. ²⁸And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. ²⁹And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. ³⁰And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter ^tlaid upon the bed.

^31uAnd again, departing from the coasts of ^xTyre and Sidon, he came unto ^ythe sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of ^zDecapolis. ³²And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and ^ahad an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him ^aato put his hand upon him. ³³And he ^btook him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he ^cspit, and ^dtouched his tongue; ³⁴And ^elooking up to heaven, ^fhe sighed, and saith unto him, ^gEphphatha, that is, Be opened. ^35hAnd straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. ³⁶And he ⁱcharged them that they should tell no man: ^kbut the more he ⁱcharged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; ³⁷And were ^lbeyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.