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Chapter 7
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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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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.
Isa 29:13 Matt 15:8 |
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Howbeit in vain do they
worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of
men.
Isa 29:13 Matt 15:9 |
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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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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:
Ex 20:12, 21:17 |
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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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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: |
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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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If any man have ears to hear, let him
hear. |
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And when he was entered into the house
from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the
parable. |
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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? |
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And he said, That which cometh out of
the man, that defileth the man. |
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For from within, out of the heart of
men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications,
murders, |
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Thefts, covetousness, wickedness,
deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness: |
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All these evil things come from within,
and defile the man. |
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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: |
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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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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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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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And he said unto her, For this saying
go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. |
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And when she was come to her house, she
found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the
bed. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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; |
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And were beyond measure astonished,
saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the
deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. |
