1Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

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

2Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

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

3(For the Pharisees, and all the Judeans, do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, 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

4They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, and bronze vessels.)

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

5The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

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

6He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is 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

7But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

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

8"For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men."

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

9He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your 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, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to 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 tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

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

12then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

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13making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

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

14He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear 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 of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man." [

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

16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!]

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17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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

18He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

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

19because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?"

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

20He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

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

21For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

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

22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

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

23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."

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

24From there he arose, and went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice.

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

25For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, immediately came and fell down at his feet.

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

26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

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

27But he said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread 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 answered him, "Yes, Sir. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

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

29He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. 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 went away to her house, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone out.

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

31Again he departed from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis.

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

32They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

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

33He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.

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

34Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

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

35Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

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

36He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

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

37They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"

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