1 And the Pharisees {Pharisaioi: strict religious party} and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him {Iesous, Questioned Teacher}.
2 And when they saw that some of His {Iesous, Questioned Rabbi} disciples were eating the bread with defiled hands, that is, with unwashed {aniptois: not ceremonially cleansed} hands.
3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with a fist {pygme: ritual method}, holding to the tradition {paradosin: inherited custom} of the elders.
4 And from the market, if they do not wash {baptisontai: customary cleansing}, they do not eat; and there are many other things that they have received to observe, such as the washings of cups {poterion: drinking vessels}, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him {Iesous, Questioned Rabbi}, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition {paradosis: oral teachings} of the elders, but eat the bread with common hands?”
6 But He {Iesous, Rebuker of Hypocrisy} said to them, “Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors Me {Theos, Searcher of Hearts} with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.’”
7 But in vain do they worship Me {Theos, Worthy of true worship}, teaching doctrines {didaskalias: formal instructions}—commandments of men.
8 Having left the commandment of God {Theos, Holy Lawgiver}, you hold to the tradition of people {anthropon: merely human source}.
9 And He said to them, “You skillfully set aside the commandment of God {Theos, Divine Lawgiver} so that you may keep your tradition {paradosin: handed-down custom}.”
10 Moses said, “Honor {tima: show filial reverence} your father and your mother, and whoever curses his father or mother, let him die {teleutato: judicial execution} by death.”
11 But you say, “If a man says to his father or to his mother, ‘Korban,’ that is, a gift {doron: offering dedicated to God}—that is, whatever you might gain from me {Christos, Divine Teacher} is given to God.”
12 You no longer permit him to do anything for his father {patri: male parent, family head} or for his mother {mētri: female parent, family nurturer}.
13 Nullifying the word of God {Theos, Source of Revelation} by your tradition {paradosei: handed-down teaching} which you have handed down, and you do many similar such things.
14 And having called the crowd to Him {Iesous, Calling Teacher} again, He said to them, “Listen {akousate: hear attentively} to Me, all of you, and understand {synete: grasp fully}.”
15 Nothing outside {exothen: from without} a person that enters him can defile {koinosai: ceremonially defile} him; rather, what issues from a person is what renders him impure.
16 If anyone has ears {ota: physical hearing organs} to hear {akouein: grasp the message}, let him hear.
17 And when He {Iesous, Private Teacher} entered into the house away from the crowd, His disciples {mathetai: devoted learners} were asking Him about the parable.
18 And He {Iesous, Searching Teacher} said to them, “So you also are without understanding {asynetoi: lacking insight}? Do you not understand that whatever enters from outside into the man is not able to defile him?”
19 Because it does not enter his heart but goes into his belly and passes out into the latrine. Thus He {Iesous: Divine Teacher} declared all foods {bromata: edible items} clean.
20 And He {Iesous, Faithful Teacher} was saying, “That which comes out from the man defiles the man {anthropos: image bearer}.”
21 For from within, out of the heart {kardias: inner self} of people, evil thoughts come forth: sexual immoralities {porneiai: illicit sexual acts}, thefts, murders.
22 Adulteries, covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy {blasphemia: irreverent speech}, pride {huperephania: arrogant self-confidence}, foolishness.
23 All these evil things {ponera: morally wrong deeds} come out from within and they defile the person {anthropos: human being}.
24 From there, having arisen, He {Iesous, Traveling Teacher} went away into the borders {horia: boundary area} of Tyre; and having entered into a house, He was wanting no one to know, and yet He was not able to be hidden.
25 But immediately a woman, having heard about Him {Iesous, Sought-After Healer}, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit {pneuma akatharton: defiling power}, came and fell down before His feet.
26 But the woman was Greek {Hellenis: non-Jewish foreigner}, a Syrophoenician by race, and she pleaded with Him {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} to cast out the demon from her daughter.
27 And He {Iesous, Covenant Priority Giver} said to her, “Permit first the children to be satisfied {chortasthenai: completely filled}, for it is not proper to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”
28 But she answered and said to Him, “Lord {Kyrios, Compassionate Master}, even the little dogs beneath the table eat from the crumbs {psichion: small leftover pieces} of the children.”
29 And He {Iesous, Faithful Deliverer} said to her, “Because of this word {logos: persistent appeal}, go; the demon has gone out from your daughter.”
30 And when she entered her house, she found the child lying on the bed {klinen: resting place}, and the demon {daimonion: evil spirit} had gone out.
31 And again, after He {Iesous, Purposeful Traveler} had gone out from the region of Tyre, He came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of the Decapolis {Dekapoleos: ten-city Gentile district}.
32 And they bring to Him a man who was deaf {kophon: unable to hear} and had a speech impediment, and they urge {parakalousin: persistently ask} Him so that He may lay His hand upon him.
33 And having taken him aside from the crowd {ochlos: gathered onlookers} privately, He {Iesous, Gentle Healer} put His fingers into his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue.
34 And having looked up into heaven, He {Iesous, Authoritative Healer} sighed {estenaxen: deep inward groan} and says to him, “Ephphatha!”—which means, “Be opened.”
35 And his ears were opened, and the bond {desmos: physical restraint} of his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak plainly {orthos: fully intelligible}.
36 And He {Iesous, Miracle Healer} strictly commanded them in order that they would tell no one; yet the more He instructed them, the more exceedingly they themselves kept proclaiming it {ekerusson: announcing publicly}.
37 And they were exceedingly astonished {exeplessonto: struck with wonder}, saying, “He {Iesous, Healer Of Senses} has done all things well; He makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”