Chapter 7
1Then came 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,
with 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 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.
5Then
the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples
according to
the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6He
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.
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
the
washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may
keep your own tradition.
10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or
mother, let him die the death:
11But
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.
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: and 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.
16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his 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, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy,
pride, foolishness:
23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24And
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.
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 Syrophenician 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 laid upon the bed.
31And
again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the
sea of
Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32And 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.
33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and
he spit, and touched his tongue;
34And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be
opened.
35And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed,
and he spake plain.
36And
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;
37And
were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well:
he
maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
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