1 Ora, reuniram-se a Jesus os fariseus e alguns escribas, vindos de Jerusalém. 2 E, vendo que alguns dos discípulos dele comiam pão com as mãos impuras, isto é, por lavar 3 (pois os fariseus e todos os judeus, observando a tradição dos anciãos, não comem sem lavar cuidadosamente as mãos; 4 quando voltam da praça, não comem sem se aspergirem; e há muitas outras coisas que receberam para observar, como a lavagem de copos, jarros e vasos de metal [e camas]), 5 interpelaram-no os fariseus e os escribas: Por que não andam os teus discípulos de conformidade com a tradição dos anciãos, mas comem com as mãos por lavar? 6 Respondeu-lhes: Bem profetizou Isaías a respeito de vós, hipócritas, como está escrito:

Este povo honra-me com os lábios, mas o seu coração está longe de mim.

7 E em vão me adoram, ensinando doutrinas que são preceitos de homens.

8 Negligenciando o mandamento de Deus, guardais a tradição dos homens. 9 E disse-lhes ainda: Jeitosamente rejeitais o preceito de Deus para guardardes a vossa própria tradição. 10 Pois Moisés disse:

Honra a teu pai e a tua mãe;

e:

Quem maldisser a seu pai ou a sua mãe seja punido de morte.

11 Vós, porém, dizeis: Se um homem disser a seu pai ou a sua mãe: Aquilo que poderias aproveitar de mim é Corbã, isto é, oferta para o Senhor, 12 então, o dispensais de fazer qualquer coisa em favor de seu pai ou de sua mãe, 13 invalidando a palavra de Deus pela vossa própria tradição, que vós mesmos transmitistes; e fazeis muitas outras coisas semelhantes.

14 Convocando ele, de novo, a multidão, disse-lhes: Ouvi-me, todos, e entendei. 15 Nada há fora do homem que, entrando nele, o possa contaminar; mas o que sai do homem é o que o contamina. 16 [Se alguém tem ouvidos para ouvir, ouça.] 17 Quando entrou em casa, deixando a multidão, os seus discípulos o interrogaram acerca da parábola. 18 Então, lhes disse: Assim vós também não entendeis? Não compreendeis que tudo o que de fora entra no homem não o pode contaminar, 19 porque não lhe entra no coração, mas no ventre, e sai para lugar escuso? E, assim, considerou ele puros todos os alimentos. 20 E dizia: O que sai do homem, isso é o que o contamina. 21 Porque de dentro, do coração dos homens, é que procedem os maus desígnios, a prostituição, os furtos, os homicídios, os adultérios, 22 a avareza, as malícias, o dolo, a lascívia, a inveja, a blasfêmia, a soberba, a loucura. 23 Ora, todos estes males vêm de dentro e contaminam o homem.

24 Levantando-se, partiu dali para as terras de Tiro [e Sidom]. Tendo entrado numa casa, queria que ninguém o soubesse; no entanto, não pôde ocultar-se, 25 porque uma mulher, cuja filhinha estava possessa de espírito imundo, tendo ouvido a respeito dele, veio e prostrou-se-lhe aos pés. 26 Esta mulher era grega, de origem siro-fenícia, e rogava-lhe que expelisse de sua filha o demônio. 27 Mas Jesus lhe disse: Deixa primeiro que se fartem os filhos, porque não é bom tomar o pão dos filhos e lançá-lo aos cachorrinhos. 28 Ela, porém, lhe respondeu: Sim, Senhor; mas os cachorrinhos, debaixo da mesa, comem das migalhas das crianças. 29 Então, lhe disse: Por causa desta palavra, podes ir; o demônio já saiu de tua filha. 30 Voltando ela para casa, achou a menina sobre a cama, pois o demônio a deixara.

31 De novo, se retirou das terras de Tiro e foi por Sidom até ao mar da Galileia, através do território de Decápolis. 32 Então, lhe trouxeram um surdo e gago e lhe suplicaram que impusesse as mãos sobre ele. 33 Jesus, tirando-o da multidão, à parte, pôs-lhe os dedos nos ouvidos e lhe tocou a língua com saliva; 34 depois, erguendo os olhos ao céu, suspirou e disse: Efatá!, que quer dizer: Abre-te! 35 Abriram-se-lhe os ouvidos, e logo se lhe soltou o empecilho da língua, e falava desembaraçadamente. 36 Mas lhes ordenou que a ninguém o dissessem; contudo, quanto mais recomendava, tanto mais eles o divulgavam. 37 Maravilhavam-se sobremaneira, dizendo: Tudo ele tem feito esplendidamente bem; não somente faz ouvir os surdos, como falar os mudos.

1 And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, 2 and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands. 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders; 4 and when they come from the marketplace, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands? 6 And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

This people honoreth me with their lips,

But their heart is far from me.

7 But in vain do they worship me,

Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

8 Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men. 9 And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death: 11 but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God; 12 ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother; 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do. 14 And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man. 16 17 And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable. 18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said, making all meats clean. 20 And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness: 23 all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.

24 And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid. 25 But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter. 27 And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs. 28 But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

31 And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him. 33 And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue; 34 and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35 And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 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. 37 And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus

2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.

4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles. ")

5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?"

6 He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.' [^2]

8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions."

9 And he continued, "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe "your own traditions!

10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and mother,' "and, 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.' [^5]

11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God) —

12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.

13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.

15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them."

16

17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.

18 "Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?

19 For it doesn't go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

20 He went on: "What comes out of a person is what defiles them.

21 For it is from within, out of a person's heart, that evil thoughts come —sexual immorality, theft, murder,

22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person."

24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. "He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.

25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet.

26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

27 "First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."

28 "Lord," she replied, "even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

29 Then he told her, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter."

30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. [^8]

32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.

33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue.

34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, (which means "Be opened!" ).

35 At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."