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1. Some Pharisees and some teachers of the law came from Jerusalem and gathered around Jesus.
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1. Then G2532 came together G4863 unto G4314 him G846 the G3588 Pharisees G5330 , and G2532 certain G5100 of the G3588 scribes G1122 , which came G2064 from G575 Jerusalem G2414 .
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2. They saw that some of his followers ate food with hands that were not clean, meaning that they did not wash their hands in a special way.
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2. And G2532 when they saw G1492 some G5100 of his G846 disciples G3101 eat G2068 bread G740 with defiled G2839 , that is to say G5123 , with unwashen G449 , hands G5495 , they found fault G3201 .
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3. The Pharisees and all the other Jews never eat before washing their hands in this special way. They do this to follow the traditions they have from their great leaders who lived long ago.
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3. For G1063 the G3588 Pharisees G5330 , and G2532 all G3956 the G3588 Jews G2453 , except G3362 they wash G3538 their hands G5495 oft G4435 , eat G2068 not G3756 , holding G2902 the G3588 tradition G3862 of the G3588 elders G4245 .
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4. And when these Jews buy something in the market, they never eat it until they wash it in a special way. They also follow other rules from their people who lived before them. They follow rules like the washing of cups, pitchers, and pots.
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4. And G2532 when they come from G575 the market G58 , except G3362 they wash G907 , they eat G2068 not G3756 . And G2532 many G4183 other things G243 there be G2076 , which G3739 they have received G3880 to hold G2902 , as the washing G909 of cups G4221 , and G2532 pots G3582 G2532 , brazen vessels G5473 , and G2532 of tables G2825 .
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5. The Pharisees and teachers of the law said to Jesus, "Your followers don't follow the traditions we have from our great leaders who lived long ago. They eat their food with hands that are not clean. Why do they do this?"
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5. Then G1899 the G3588 Pharisees G5330 and G2532 scribes G1122 asked G1905 him G846 , Why G1302 walk G4043 not G3756 thy G4675 disciples G3101 according G2596 to the G3588 tradition G3862 of the G3588 elders G4245 , but G235 eat G2068 bread G740 with unwashen G449 hands G5495 ?
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6. Jesus answered, "You are all hypocrites. Isaiah was right when he wrote these words from God about you: 'These people honor me with their words, but I am not really important to them.
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6. G1161 He G3588 answered G611 and said G2036 unto them G846 , Well G2573 hath Isaiah G2268 prophesied G4395 of G4012 you G5216 hypocrites G5273 , as G5613 it is written G1125 , This G3778 people G2992 honoreth G5091 me G3165 with their lips G5491 , but G1161 their G846 heart G2588 is far G568 G4206 from G575 me G1700 .
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7. Their worship of me is worthless. The things they teach are only human rules.'
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7. Howbeit G1161 in vain G3155 do they worship G4576 me G3165 , teaching G1321 for doctrines G1319 the commandments G1778 of men G444 .
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8. You have stopped following God's commands, preferring instead the man-made rules you got from others."
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8. For G1063 laying aside G863 the G3588 commandment G1785 of God G2316 , ye hold G2902 the G3588 tradition G3862 of men G444 , as the washing G909 of pots G3582 and G2532 cups G4221 : and G2532 many G4183 other G243 such G5108 like things G3946 ye do G4160 .
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9. Then he said, "You show great skill in avoiding the commands of God so that you can follow your own teachings!
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9. And G2532 he said G3004 unto them G846 , Full well G2573 ye reject G114 the G3588 commandment G1785 of God G2316 , that G2443 ye may keep G5083 your own G5216 tradition G3862 .
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10. Moses said, 'You must respect your father and mother.' He also said, 'Whoever says anything bad to their father or mother must be killed.'
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10. For G1063 Moses G3475 said G2036 , Honor G5091 thy G4675 father G3962 and G2532 thy G4675 mother G3384 ; and, whoso curseth G2551 father G3962 or G2228 mother G3384 , let him die G5053 the death G2288 :
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11. But you teach that people can say to their father or mother, 'I have something I could use to help you, but I will not use it for you. I will give it to God.'
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11. But G1161 ye G5210 say G3004 , If G1437 a man G444 shall say G2036 to his father G3962 or G2228 mother G3384 , It is Corban G2878 , that is to say G3603 , a gift G1435 , by whatsoever G3739 G1437 thou mightest be profited G5623 by G1537 me G1700 ; he shall be free .
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12. You are telling people that they do not have to do anything for their father or mother.
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12. And G2532 ye suffer G863 him G846 no more G3765 to do G4160 aught G3762 for his G848 father G3962 or G2228 his G848 mother G3384 ;
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13. So you are teaching that it is not important to do what God said. You think it is more important to follow those traditions you have, which you pass on to others. And you do many things like that."
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13. Making the word of God of none effect G208 G3588 G3056 G2316 through your G5216 tradition G3862 , which G3739 ye have delivered G3860 : and G2532 many G4183 such G5108 like things G3946 do G4160 ye.
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14. Jesus called the people to him again. He said, "Everyone should listen to me and understand what I am saying.
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14. And G2532 when he had called G4341 all G3956 the G3588 people G3793 unto him, he said G3004 unto them G846 , Hearken G191 unto me G3450 every one G3956 of you, and G2532 understand G4920 :
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15. There is nothing people can put in their mouth that will make them wrong. People are made wrong by what comes from inside them."
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15. There is G2076 nothing G3762 from without G1855 a man G444 , that G3739 entering G1531 into G1519 him G846 can G1410 defile G2840 him G846 : but G235 the things which come G1607 out of G575 him G846 , those G1565 are G2076 they that defile G2840 the G3588 man G444 .
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16. If any man G1536 have G2192 ears G3775 to hear G191 , let him hear G191 .
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17. Then Jesus left the people and went into the house. The followers asked Jesus about what he had told the people.
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17. And G2532 when G3753 he was entered G1525 into G1519 the house G3624 from G575 the G3588 people G3793 , his G846 disciples G3101 asked G1905 him G846 concerning G4012 the G3588 parable G3850 .
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18. He said, "Do you still have trouble understanding? Surely you know that nothing that enters the mouth from the outside can make people unacceptable to God.
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18. And G2532 he saith G3004 unto them G846 , Are G2075 ye G5210 so G3779 without understanding G801 also G2532 ? Do ye not G3756 perceive G3539 , that G3754 whatsoever thing G3956 from without G1855 entereth G1531 into G1519 the G3588 man G444 , it cannot G1410 G3756 defile G2840 him G846 ;
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19. Food does not go into a person's mind. It goes into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body." (When Jesus said this, he meant there is no food that is wrong for people to eat.)
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19. Because G3754 it entereth G1531 not G3756 into G1519 his G846 heart G2588 , but G235 into G1519 the G3588 belly G2836 , and G2532 goeth out G1607 into G1519 the G3588 draught G856 , purging G2511 all G3956 meats G1033 ?
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20. And Jesus said, "The things that make people wrong are the things that come from the inside.
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20. And G1161 he said G3004 G3754 , That which cometh G1607 out of G1537 the G3588 man G444 , that G1565 defileth G2840 the G3588 man G444 .
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21. All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder,
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21. For G1063 from within G2081 , out of G1537 the G3588 heart G2588 of men G444 , proceed G1607 evil G2556 thoughts G1261 , adulteries G3430 , fornications G4202 , murders G5408 ,
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22. adultery, greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, insulting people, proud talking, and foolish living.
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22. Thefts G2829 , covetousness G4124 , wickedness G4189 , deceit G1388 , lasciviousness G766 , an evil G4190 eye G3788 , blasphemy G988 , pride G5243 , foolishness G877 :
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23. These evil things come from inside a person. And these are the things that make people unacceptable to God."
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23. All G3956 these G5023 evil things G4190 come G1607 from within G2081 , and G2532 defile G2840 the G3588 man G444 .
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24. Jesus went from there to the area around Tyre. He did not want the people in that area to know he was there, so he went into a house. But he could not stay hidden.
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24. And G2532 from thence G1564 he arose G450 , and went G565 into G1519 the G3588 borders G3181 of Tyre G5184 and G2532 Sidon G4605 , and G2532 entered G1525 into G1519 a house G3614 , and would G2309 have no man G3762 know G1097 it, but G2532 he could G1410 not G3756 be hid G2990 .
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25. A woman heard that he was there. Her little daughter had an evil spirit inside her. So the woman came to Jesus and bowed down near his feet.
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25. For G1063 a certain woman G1135 , whose G3739 young daughter G2365 had G2192 an unclean G169 spirit G4151 , heard G191 of G4012 him G846 , and came G2064 and fell G4363 at G4314 his G846 feet G4228 :
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26. She was not a Jew. She was born in Phoenicia, an area in Syria. She begged Jesus to force the demon out of her daughter.
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26. G1161 The G3588 woman G1135 was G2258 a Greek G1674 , a Syrophenician G4949 by nation G1085 ; and G2532 she besought G2065 him G846 that G2443 he would cast forth G1544 the G3588 devil G1140 out of G1537 her G848 daughter G2364 .
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27. Jesus told the woman, "It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. First let the children eat all they want."
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27. But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 unto her G846 , Let G863 the G3588 children G5043 first G4412 be filled G5526 : for G1063 it is G2076 not G3756 meet G2570 to take G2983 the G3588 children G5043 's bread G740 , and G2532 to cast G906 it unto the G3588 dogs G2952 .
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28. She answered, "That is true, Lord. But the dogs under the table can eat the pieces of food that the children don't eat."
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28. And G1161 she G3588 answered G611 and G2532 said G3004 unto him G846 , Yes G3483 , Lord G2962 : yet G1063 G2532 the G3588 dogs G2952 under G5270 the G3588 table G5132 eat G2068 of G575 the G3588 children G3813 's crumbs G5589 .
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29. Then he told her, "That is a very good answer. You may go. The demon has left your daughter."
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29. And G2532 he said G2036 unto her G846 , For G1223 this G5126 saying G3056 go thy way G5217 ; the G3588 devil G1140 is gone G1831 out of G1537 thy G4675 daughter G2364 .
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30. The woman went home and found her daughter lying on the bed. The demon was gone.
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30. And G2532 when she was come G565 to G1519 her G848 house G3624 , she found G2147 the G3588 devil G1140 gone out G1831 , and G2532 her daughter G2364 laid G906 upon G1909 the G3588 bed G2825 .
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31. Then Jesus left the area around Tyre and went through Sidon. On his way to Lake Galilee he went through the area of the Ten Towns.
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31. And G2532 again G3825 , departing G1831 from G1537 the G3588 coasts G3725 of Tyre G5184 and G2532 Sidon G4605 , he came G2064 unto G4314 the G3588 sea G2281 of Galilee G1056 , through G303 the midst G3319 of the G3588 coasts G3725 of Decapolis G1179 .
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32. While he was there, some people brought a man to him who was deaf and could not talk clearly. The people begged Jesus to put his hand on the man to heal him.
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32. And G2532 they bring G5342 unto him G846 one that was deaf G2974 , and had an impediment in his speech G3424 ; and G2532 they beseech G3870 him G846 to G2443 put his hand upon G2007 G5495 him G846 .
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33. Jesus led the man away from the people to be alone with him. He put his fingers in the man's ears. Then he spit on a finger and put it on the man's tongue.
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33. And G2532 he took G618 him G846 aside G2596 G2398 from G575 the G3588 multitude G3793 , and put G906 his G848 fingers G1147 into G1519 his G846 ears G3775 , and G2532 he spit G4429 , and touched G680 his G846 tongue G1100 ;
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34. Jesus looked up to the sky and with a loud sigh he said, "Ephphatha!" (This means "Open!")
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34. And G2532 looking up G308 to G1519 heaven G3772 , he sighed G4727 , and G2532 saith G3004 unto him G846 , Ephphatha G2188 , that is G3603 , Be opened G1272 .
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35. As soon as Jesus did this, the man was able to hear. He was able to use his tongue, and he began to speak clearly.
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35. And G2532 straightway G2112 his G846 ears G189 were opened G1272 , and G2532 the G3588 string G1199 of his G846 tongue G1100 was loosed G3089 , and G2532 he spake G2980 plain G3723 .
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36. Jesus told the people not to tell anyone about this. But the more he told them not to say anything, the more people they told.
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36. And G2532 he charged G1291 them G846 that G2443 they should tell G2036 no man G3367 : but G1161 the more G3745 he G846 charged G1291 them G846 , so much the more G3123 a great deal G4054 they published G2784 it ;
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37. They were all completely amazed. They said, "Look at what he has done. It's all good. He makes deaf people able to hear and gives a new voice to people who could not talk."
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37. And G2532 were beyond measure G5249 astonished G1605 , saying G3004 , He hath done G4160 all things G3956 well G2573 : he maketh G4160 both G2532 the G3588 deaf G2974 to hear G191 , and G2532 the G3588 dumb G216 to speak G2980 .
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