 7:1  Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of
the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
 7:2  And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with
defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found
fault.
 7:3  For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash
[their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the
elders.
 7:4  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, brazen
vessels, and of tables.
 7:5  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?
 7:6  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.
 7:7  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for]
doctrines the commandments of men.
 7:8  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.
 7:9  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the
commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
 7:10  For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and,
Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
 7:11  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].
 7:12  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or
his mother;
 7:13  Making the word of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things
do ye.
 7:14  And when he had called all the people [unto him], he
said unto them, Hearken unto me every one [of you], and
understand:
 7:15  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.
 7:16  If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
 7:17  And when he was entered into the house from the people,
his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
 7:18  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;
 7:19  Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the
belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
 7:20  And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that
defileth the man.
 7:21  For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
 7:22  Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
 7:23  All these evil things come from within, and defile the
man.
 7:24  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.
 7:25  For a [certain] woman, whose young daughter had an
unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
 7:26  The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and
she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her
daughter.
 7:27  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.
 7:28  And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the
dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
 7:29  And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the
devil is gone out of thy daughter.
 7:30  And when she was come to her house, she found the devil
gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
 7:31  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.
 7:32  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.
 7:33  And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his
fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
 7:34  And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him,
Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
 7:35  And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of
his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
 7:36  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];
 7:37  And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done
all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb
to speak.
