1And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, arriving from Jerusalem, gathered together before him.

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Matthew 15:1, Matthew 15:20, Mark 3:22, Matthew 15:1, Matthew 15:20

2And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them.

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Acts 10:28, Acts 10:28, Matthew 7:3, Matthew 7:5, Romans 14:14

3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.

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Galatians 1:14, Galatians 1:14, Mark 7:13, Mark 7:13, Colossians 2:21

4And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds.

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Matthew 23:25, Luke 11:38, Luke 11:39, Hebrews 9:10, Matthew 23:25

5And so the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him: “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?”

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Acts 21:21, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, Acts 21:21, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, Matthew 15:2

6But in response, he said to them: “So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 29:13, Titus 1:16, Titus 1:16, Matthew 15:7

7And in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and precepts of men.’

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Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 15:9, Matthew 15:9, Colossians 2:22

8For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these.”

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Mark 7:3, Mark 7:4, Mark 7:3, Mark 7:4, Isaiah 1:12

9And he said to them: “You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition.

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Galatians 2:21, Jeremiah 44:16, Jeremiah 44:17, Galatians 2:21, Jeremiah 44:16

10For Moses said: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother, let him die a death.’

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Exodus 21:17, Exodus 21:17, Exodus 20:12, Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 5:16

11But you say, ‘If a man will have said to his father or mother: Korban, (which is a gift) whatever is from me will be to your benefit,’

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Matthew 23:18, Matthew 23:18, 1 Timothy 5:4, 1 Timothy 5:8, 1 Timothy 5:4

12then you do not release him to do anything for his father or mother,

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13rescinding the word of God through your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many other similar things in this way.”

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Mark 7:9, Mark 7:9, Titus 1:14, Titus 1:14, Isaiah 8:20

14And again, calling the crowd to him, he said to them: “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.

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Matthew 15:10, Matthew 15:10, Acts 8:30, Proverbs 8:5, Luke 12:54

15There is nothing from outside a man which, by entering into him, is able to defile him. But the things which proceed from a man, these are what pollute a man.

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Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 4:23, Leviticus 11:42, Leviticus 11:47, Leviticus 11:42

16Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

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17And when he had entered into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.

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Matthew 15:15, Matthew 15:15, Matthew 13:36, Matthew 13:36, Mark 9:28

18And he said to them: “So, are you also without prudence? Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute him?

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Matthew 15:16, Matthew 15:17, Matthew 15:16, Matthew 15:17, Hebrews 5:11

19For it does not enter into his heart, but into the gut, and it exits into the sewer, purging all foods.”

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Matthew 15:17, Matthew 15:17, Acts 11:9, 1 Corinthians 6:13, Luke 11:41

20“But,” he said “the things which go out from a man, these pollute a man.

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James 3:6, James 3:6, James 4:1, James 4:1, James 1:14

21For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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Jeremiah 17:9, Jeremiah 17:9, James 4:1, James 4:3, James 4:1

22thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness.

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Matthew 20:15, Matthew 20:15, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 2:15, Obadiah 1:3

23All these evils proceed from within and pollute a man.”

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Mark 7:15, Mark 7:15, 1 Corinthians 3:17, Titus 1:15, 1 Corinthians 3:17

24And rising up, he went from there to the area of Tyre and Sidon. And entering into a house, he intended no one to know about it, but he was not able to remain hidden.

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Matthew 15:21, Matthew 15:28, Matthew 15:21, Matthew 15:28, Mark 6:31

25For a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit, as soon as she heard about him, entered and fell prostrate at his feet.

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Matthew 15:22, Matthew 15:22, Mark 5:22, Mark 5:23, Acts 10:25

26For the woman was a Gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician. And she petitioned him, so that he would cast the demon from her daughter.

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Matthew 15:22, Matthew 15:22, Isaiah 49:12, Isaiah 49:12, Colossians 3:11

27And he said to her: “First allow the sons to have their fill. For it is not good to take away the bread of the sons and throw it to the dogs.”

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Matthew 15:23, Matthew 15:28, Matthew 15:23, Matthew 15:28, Acts 22:21

28But she responded by saying to him: “Certainly, Lord. Yet the young dogs also eat, under the table, from the crumbs of the children.”

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Romans 3:29, Romans 10:12, Romans 3:29, Romans 10:12, Luke 15:30

29And he said to her, “Because of this saying, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”

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Isaiah 66:2, Matthew 5:3, Isaiah 66:2, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 8:9

30And when she had gone to her house, she found the girl lying on the bed; and the demon had gone away.

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John 4:50, John 4:52, 1 John 3:8, John 4:50, John 4:52

31And again, departing from the borders of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the area of the Ten Cities.

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Matthew 4:25, Matthew 15:29, Matthew 15:31, Mark 5:20, Matthew 4:25

32And they brought someone who was deaf and mute to him. And they begged him, so that he would lay his hand upon him.

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Luke 11:14, Luke 11:14, Mark 5:23, Mark 5:23, Matthew 9:32

33And taking him away from the crowd, he put his fingers into his ears; and spitting, he touched his tongue.

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Mark 8:23, Mark 8:23, John 9:6, John 9:7, John 9:6

34And gazing up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: “Ephphatha,” which is, “Be opened.”

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John 11:41, John 11:41, Mark 6:41, Mark 6:41, Mark 5:41

35And immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke correctly.

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Isaiah 35:5, Isaiah 35:6, Isaiah 35:5, Isaiah 35:6, Isaiah 32:3

36And he instructed them not to tell anyone. But as much as he instructed them, so much more did they preach about it.

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Matthew 8:4, Matthew 8:4, Mark 3:12, Mark 5:43, Mark 8:26

37And so much more did they wonder, saying: “He has done all things well. He has caused both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

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Mark 6:51, Mark 6:51, Mark 5:42, Mark 5:42, Exodus 4:10