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Learn about the sources and coverage →The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
Καὶ συνάγονται πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, καί τινες τῶν γραμματέων, ἐλθόντες ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων∙
Kai synagontai pros auton hoi Pharisaioi, kai tines tōn grammateōn, elthontes apo Hierosolymōn;
When they saw some of His disciples eating bread with defiled—that is, unwashed—hands, they found fault.
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
καὶ ἰδόντες τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ κοιναῖς χερσίν, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀνίπτοις, ἐσθίοντας ἄρτους ἐμέμψαντο.
kai idontes tinas tōn mathētōn autou koinais chersin, tout’ estin aniptois, esthiontas artous emempsanto.
For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
Οἱ γὰρ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, ἐὰν μὴ πυγμῇ νίψωνται τὰς χεῖρας, οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν, κρατοῦντες τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων∙
Hoi gar Pharisaioi kai pantes hoi Ioudaioi, ean mē pygmē nipsōntai tas cheiras, ouk esthiousin, kratountes tēn paradosin tōn presbyterōn;
And when they return from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They also observe many other traditions they have received, including washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.
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.
καὶ ἀπὸ ἀγορᾶς, ἐὰν μὴ βαπτίσωνται, οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν∙ καὶ ἄλλα πολλά ἐστιν ἃ παρέλαβον κρατεῖν, βαπτισμοὺς ποτηρίων καὶ ξεστῶν καὶ χαλκίων καὶ κλινῶν.
kai apo agoras, ean mē baptisōntai, ouk esthiousin; kai alla polla estin ha parelabon kratein, baptismous potēriōn kai xestōn kai chalkiōn kai klinōn.
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
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?
Ἔπειτα ἐπερωτῶσιν αὐτὸν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς, Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου οὐ περιπατοῦσιν κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀλλὰ ἀνίπτοις χερσὶν ἐσθίουσιν τὸν ἄρτον;
Epeita eperōtōsin auton hoi Pharisaioi kai hoi grammateis, Dia ti hoi mathētai sou ou peripatousin kata tēn paradosin tōn presbyterōn, alla aniptois chersin esthiousin ton arton?
Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me.
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.
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι Καλῶς προεφήτευσεν Ἠσαΐας περὶ ὑμῶν τῶν ὑποκριτῶν, ὡς γέγραπται, Οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ.
Ho de apokritheis eipen autois hoti Kalōs proephēteusen Ēsaias peri hymōn tōn hypokritōn, hōs gegraptai, Houtos ho laos tois cheilesin me tima, hē de kardia autōn porrō apechei ap’ emou.
They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων.
Matēn de sebontai me, didaskontes didaskalias entalmata anthrōpōn.
For you lay aside the commandment of God and hold tightly to human tradition—the washing of pitchers and cups—and you do many other similar things.”
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.
Ἀφέντες γὰρ τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ, κρατεῖτε τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, βαπτισμοὺς ξεστῶν καὶ ποτηρίων∙ καὶ ἄλλα παρόμοια τοιαῦτα πολλὰ ποιεῖτε.
Aphentes gar tēn entolēn tou theou, krateite tēn paradosin tōn anthrōpōn, baptismous xestōn kai potēriōn; kai alla paromoia toiauta polla poieite.
He said to them, “You are very good at rejecting the commandment of God so that you may preserve your own tradition!
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε.
Kai elegen autois, Kalōs atheteite tēn entolēn tou theou, hina tēn paradosin hymōn tērēsēte.
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever curses father or mother must surely be put to death.’
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Μωσῆς γὰρ εἶπεν, Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου∙ καί, Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω∙
Mōsēs gar eipen, Tima ton patera sou kai tēn mētera sou; kai, Ho kakologōn patera ē mētera thanatō teleutatō;
But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or mother, “Whatever benefit you might have received from me is Corban”—that is, a gift dedicated to God—
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.
ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε, Ἐὰν εἴπῃ ἄνθρωπος τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί, Κορβᾶν, ὅ ἐστιν, δῶρον, ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς∙
hymeis de legete, Ean eipē anthrōpos tō patri ē tē mētri, Korban, ho estin, dōron, ho ean ex emou ōphelēthēs;
then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
καὶ οὐκέτι ἀφίετε αὐτὸν οὐδὲν ποιῆσαι τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἢ τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ,
kai ouketi aphiete auton ouden poiēsai tō patri autou ē tē mētri autou,
making the word of God powerless through your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other things like this.”
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
ἀκυροῦντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παραδόσει ὑμῶν ᾗ παρεδώκατε∙ καὶ παρόμοια τοιαῦτα πολλὰ ποιεῖτε.
akyrountes ton logon tou theou tē paradosei hymōn hē paredōkate; kai paromoia toiauta polla poieite.
Calling the whole crowd to Himself, He said to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
¶ And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος πάντα τὸν ὄχλον, ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Ἀκούετέ μου πάντες, καὶ συνίετε.
Kai proskalesamenos panta ton ochlon, elegen autois, Akouete mou pantes, kai syniete.
Nothing outside a person that enters into him can defile him. Rather, the things that come out of him are what defile a person.
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.
Οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς αὐτόν, ὃ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶσαι∙ ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκπορευόμενα ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ, ἐκεῖνά ἐστιν τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
Ouden estin exōthen tou anthrōpou eisporeuomenon eis auton, ho dynatai auton koinōsai; alla ta ekporeuomena ap’ autou, ekeina estin ta koinounta ton anthrōpon.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Εἴ τις ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
Ei tis echei ōta akouein akouetō.
When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
Καὶ ὅτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς οἶκον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου, ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς παραβολῆς.
Kai hote eisēlthen eis oikon apo tou ochlou, epērōtōn auton hoi mathētai autou peri tēs parabolēs.
He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that nothing entering a person from outside can defile him,
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;
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε; Οὐ νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἔξωθεν εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον οὐ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶσαι,
Kai legei autois, Houtōs kai hymeis asynetoi este? Ou noeite hoti pan to exōthen eisporeuomenon eis ton anthrōpon ou dynatai auton koinōsai,
because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then passes out into the latrine, purging all foods?”
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
ὅτι οὐκ εἰσπορεύεται αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν καρδίαν, ἀλλ’ εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν, καὶ εἰς τὸν ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκπορεύεται, καθαρίζον πάντα τὰ βρώματα.
hoti ouk eisporeuetai autou eis tēn kardian, all’ eis tēn koilian, kai eis ton aphedrōna ekporeuetai, katharizon panta ta brōmata.
He continued, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Ἔλεγεν δὲ ὅτι Τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενον, ἐκεῖνο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
Elegen de hoti To ek tou anthrōpou ekporeuomenon, ekeino koinoi ton anthrōpon.
For from within, out of the hearts of people, come evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual immoralities, murders,
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Ἔσωθεν γάρ, ἐκ τῆς καρδίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἱ διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοὶ ἐκπορεύονται, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, φόνοι,
Esōthen gar, ek tēs kardias tōn anthrōpōn hoi dialogismoi hoi kakoi ekporeuontai, moicheiai, porneiai, phonoi,
thefts, greed, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
κλοπαί, πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι, δόλος, ἀσέλγεια, ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός, βλασφημία, ὑπερηφανία, ἀφροσύνη∙
klopai, pleonexiai, ponēriai, dolos, aselgeia, ophthalmos ponēros, blasphēmia, hyperēphania, aphrosynē;
All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
πάντα ταῦτα τὰ πονηρὰ ἔσωθεν ἐκπορεύεται, καὶ κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
panta tauta ta ponēra esōthen ekporeuetai, kai koinoi ton anthrōpon.
Jesus left there and went into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and wanted no one to know He was there, but He could not remain hidden.
¶ 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.
Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἀναστὰς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὰ μεθόρια Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος. Καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἰς οἰκίαν, οὐδένα ἤθελεν γνῶναι, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθη λαθεῖν.
Kai ekeithen anastas apēlthen eis ta methoria Tyrou kai Sidōnos. Kai eiselthōn eis oikian, oudena ēthelen gnōnai, kai ouk ēdynēthē lathein.
A woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him and immediately came and fell at His feet.
For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
Ἀκούσασα γὰρ γυνὴ περὶ αὐτοῦ, ἧς εἶχεν τὸ θυγάτριον αὐτῆς πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον, ἐλθοῦσα προσέπεσεν πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ∙
Akousasa gar gynē peri autou, hēs eichen to thygatrion autēs pneuma akatharton, elthousa prosepesen pros tous podas autou;
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. She kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
ἦν δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἑλληνίς, Συραφοινίκισσα τῷ γένει∙ καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ἵνα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκβάλῃ ἐκ τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς.
ēn de hē gynē Hellēnis, Syraphoinikissa tō genei; kai ērōta auton hina to daimonion ekbalē ek tēs thygatros autēs.
Jesus said to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, because it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
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.
Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Ἄφες πρῶτον χορτασθῆναι τὰ τέκνα∙ οὐ γὰρ καλόν ἐστιν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις.
Ho de Iēsous eipen autē, Aphes prōton chortasthēnai ta tekna; ou gar kalon estin labein ton arton tōn teknōn kai balein tois kynariois.
She answered Him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
Ἡ δὲ ἀπεκρίθη καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ναί, κύριε∙ καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ὑποκάτω τῆς τραπέζης ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν παιδίων.
Hē de apekrithē kai legei autō, Nai, kyrie; kai gar ta kynaria hypokatō tēs trapezēs esthiei apo tōn psichiōn tōn paidiōn.
Then He said to her, “Because of this answer, go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, Διὰ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον ὕπαγε∙ ἐξελήλυθεν τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκ τῆς θυγατρός σου.
Kai eipen autē, Dia touton ton logon hypage; exelēlythen to daimonion ek tēs thygatros sou.
When she returned home, she found that the demon had gone out and her daughter was lying on the bed.
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
Καὶ ἀπελθοῦσα εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς, εὗρεν τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐξεληλυθός, καὶ τὴν θυγατέρα βεβλημένην ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης.
Kai apelthousa eis ton oikon autēs, heuren to daimonion exelēlythos, kai tēn thygatera beblēmenēn epi tēs klinēs.
Jesus left the region of Tyre and Sidon and came again to the Sea of Galilee, passing through the region of the Decapolis.
¶ 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.
Καὶ πάλιν ἐξελθὼν ἐκ τῶν ὁρίων Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος, ἦλθεν πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὁρίων Δεκαπόλεως.
Kai palin exelthōn ek tōn horiōn Tyrou kai Sidōnos, ēlthen pros tēn thalassan tēs Galilaias, ana meson tōn horiōn Dekapoleōs.
People brought to Him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged Jesus to lay His hand on him.
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.
Καὶ φέρουσιν αὐτῷ κωφὸν μογγιλάλον, καὶ παρακαλοῦσιν αὐτὸν ἵνα ἐπιθῇ αὐτῷ τὴν χεῖρα.
Kai pherousin autō kōphon mongilalon, kai parakalousin auton hina epithē autō tēn cheira.
Taking him away from the crowd privately, Jesus put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
Καὶ ἀπολαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου κατ’ ἰδίαν, ἔβαλεν τοὺς δακτύλους αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πτύσας ἥψατο τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ,
Kai apolabomenos auton apo tou ochlou kat’ idian, ebalen tous daktylous autou eis ta ōta autou, kai ptysas hēpsato tēs glōssēs autou,
Looking up to heaven, He sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Be opened.”
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
καὶ ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, ἐστέναξεν, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ἐφφαθά, ὅ ἐστιν, Διανοίχθητι.
kai anablepsas eis ton ouranon, estenaxen, kai legei autō, Ephphatha, ho estin, Dianoichthēti.
Immediately his ears were opened, the restriction on his tongue was released, and he began speaking clearly.
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
Καὶ εὐθέως διηνοίχθησαν αὐτοῦ αἱ ἀκοαί∙ καὶ ἐλύθη ὁ δεσμὸς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάλει ὀρθῶς.
Kai eutheōs diēnoichthēsan autou hai akoai; kai elythē ho desmos tēs glōssēs autou, kai elalei orthōs.
Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
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;
Καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ εἴπωσιν∙ ὅσον δὲ αὐτὸς αὐτοῖς διεστέλλετο, μᾶλλον περισσότερον ἐκήρυσσον.
Kai diesteilato autois hina mēdeni eipōsin; hoson de autos autois diestelleto, mallon perissoteron ekērysson.
They were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done everything well! He even makes the deaf hear and those unable to speak talk!”
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Καὶ ὑπερπερισσῶς ἐξεπλήσσοντο, λέγοντες, Καλῶς πάντα πεποίηκεν∙ καὶ τοὺς κωφοὺς ποιεῖ ἀκούειν, καὶ τοὺς ἀλάλους λαλεῖν.
Kai hyperperissōs exeplēssonto, legontes, Kalōs panta pepoiēken; kai tous kōphous poiei akouein, kai tous alalous lalein.