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Chapter 7 |
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1 | Then came together unto him the
Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. |
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And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say,
with unwashen, hands, they found fault. |
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3 | For the Pharisees, and all
the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of
the elders. |
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| And 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. |
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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according
to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? |
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He 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. |
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| Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men. |
| 8 | For 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. |
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9 | And he said unto them,
Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own
tradition. |
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| For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and,
Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: |
| 11 | But 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.
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| 12 | And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his
mother; |
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| Making the word of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. |
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And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto
me every one of you, and understand: |
| 15 | There 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. |
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16 | If any man have ears to
hear, let him hear. |
| 17 | And when he was entered into the house from
the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. |
| 18 | And 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; |
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Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly,
and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? |
| 20 | And he said,
That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. |
| 21 | For from
within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornications, murders, |
| 22 | Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: |
| 23 | All
these evil things come from within, and defile the man. |
| 24 | And 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. |
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For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him,
and came and fell at his feet: |
| 26 | The woman was a Greek, a
Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the
devil out of her daughter. |
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27 | But 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. |
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28 | And she answered and said unto him,
Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
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| 29 | And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out
of thy daughter. |
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30 | And when she was come to her house, she found the
devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. |
| 31 | And again,
departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee,
through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. |
| 32 | And 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. |
| 33 | And he took him aside from
the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his
tongue; |
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| And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him,
Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. |
| 35 | And straightway his ears were
opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. |
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And 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; |
| 37 | And were
beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both
the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. |
