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Defilement Comes from Within

1 Then athe Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.  
2 Now1 when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with aunwashed hands, they found fault.  
3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands1 in a special way, holding the atradition of the elders.  
4 When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.
5 aThen the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”  
6 He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you ahypocrites, as it is written:
b‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me. 
7 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men —the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”  
9 He said to them, “All too well ayou reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.  
10 For Moses said, a‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, b‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’  
11 But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, a“Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban”—’ (that is, a gift to God),  
12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,
13 making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
14 aWhen He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and bunderstand:  
15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that adefile a man.  
16 aIf anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”  
17 aWhen He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.  
18 So He said to them, a“Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,  
19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated,1 thus purifying all foods?”  
20 And He said, a“What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.  
21 aFor from within, out of the heart of men, bproceed evil thoughts, cadulteries, dfornications, murders,  
22 thefts, acovetousness, wickedness, bdeceit, clewdness, an evil eye, dblasphemy, epride, foolishness.  
23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

A Gentile Shows Her Faith

24 aFrom there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be bhidden.  
25 For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and afell at His feet.  
Verse Comparison: Mark 7:1

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American Standard Version
And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

Amplified® Bible
NOW THERE gathered together to [Jesus] the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

Contemporary English Version
Some Pharisees and several teachers of the Law of Moses from Jerusalem came and gathered around Jesus.

Darby English Version
And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,

Good News Bible
Some Pharisees and teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.

International Standard Version
The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.

King James Version
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible
The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,

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

New King James Version
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,

Young's Literal Translation
And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,


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