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7:1  The Pharisees and some of the scribes *gathered to Him after they came from Jerusalem,
7:2  and saw that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unholy hands, that is, unwashed.
7:3  (For the Pharisees and all the other Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thereby holding firmly to the tradition of the elders;
7:4  and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they completely cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received as traditions to firmly hold, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, and copper pots.)
7:5  And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk in accordance with the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unholy hands?”
7:6  But He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.
7:7  And in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
7:8  Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”
7:9  He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.
7:10  For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother, is certainly to be put to death’;
7:11  but you say, ‘If a person says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is, given to God),’
7:12  you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother;
7:13  thereby invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
7:14  After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
7:15  there is nothing outside the person which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which come out of the person are what defile the person.”
7:17  And when He later entered a house, away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.
7:18  And He *said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding as well? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot defile him,
7:19  because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thereby He declared all foods clean.)
7:20  And He was saying, “That which comes out of the person, that is what defiles the person.
7:21  For from within, out of the hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery,
7:22  deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
7:23  All these evil things come from within and defile the person.”
7:24  Now Jesus got up and went from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know about it; and yet He could not escape notice.
7:25  But after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.
7:26  Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician descent. And she repeatedly asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
7:27  And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
7:28  But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”
7:29  And He said to her, “Because of this answer, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”
7:30  And after going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
7:31  Again He left the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.
7:32  And they *brought to Him one who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they *begged Him to lay His hand on him.
7:33  And Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers in his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;
7:34  and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
7:35  And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.
7:36  And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.
7:37  And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even those who are deaf hear, and those who are unable to talk, speak.”