Mark 7:1-37 KJ21

[1] Then came together unto Him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem. [2] And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled (that is to say, unwashed) hands, they found fault. [3] For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat, unless they wash their hands oft, holding to the tradition of the elders. [4] And when they come from the market, they eat not unless they wash; and there are many other customs which they have received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables. [5] Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?" [6] He answered and said unto them, "Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. [7] Therefore, in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.' [8] For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold to the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups, and many other like things ye do." [9] And He said unto them, "Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. [10] For Moses said, 'Honor thy father and thy mother,' and, 'Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death.' [11] But ye say that if a man shall say to his father or mother, 'It is Corban' (that is to say, a gift of whatsoever thou mightest have profited from me), he shall be freed; [12] and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother, [13] thus making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. And many like things do ye." [14] 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 outside a man that, entering into him, can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. [16] If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." [17] And when He had entered into the house away from the people, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable. [18] And He said unto them, "Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from outside entereth into a man, it cannot defile him, [19] because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly and goeth out into the drain, thereby 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 region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know about it; but He could not be hid. [25] 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 Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. [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." [28] And she answered and said unto Him, "Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs." [29] And He said unto her, "For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter." [30] And when she had 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 region of Decapolis. [32] And they brought unto Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they besought 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 spat and touched his tongue. [34] And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said unto him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." [35] And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed and he spoke plainly. [36] And He charged them that they should tell no man. But the more He charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it [37] and were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak."