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7 : 1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and
7 : 2 saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed.
7 : 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.
7 : 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.)
7 : 5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don`t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with `unclean` hands?"
7 : 6 He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: " `These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
7 : 7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.`
7 : 8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."
7 : 9 And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
7 : 10 For Moses said, `Honor your father and your mother,` and, `Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.`
7 : 11 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: `Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban` (that is, a gift devoted to God),
7 : 12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.
7 : 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
7 : 14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
7 : 15 Nothing outside a man can make him `unclean` by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him `unclean.` "
7 : 16
7 : 17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
7 : 18 Are you so dull? he asked. "Don`t you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him `unclean`?
7 : 19 For it doesn`t go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")
7 : 20 He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him `unclean.`
7 : 21 For from within, out of men`s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
7 : 22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
7 : 23 All these evils come from inside and make a man `unclean.` "
7 : 24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.
7 : 25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet.
7 : 26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
7 : 27 First let the children eat all they want, he told her, "for it is not right to take the children`s bread and toss it to their dogs."
7 : 28 Yes, Lord, she replied, "but even the dogs under the table eat the children`s crumbs."
7 : 29 Then he told her, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter."
7 : 30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
7 : 31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
7 : 32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man.
7 : 33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man`s ears. Then he spit and touched the man`s tongue.
7 : 34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means, "Be opened!" ).
7 : 35 At this, the man`s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.
7 : 36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.
7 : 37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."