{"ch":7,"vss":[{"v":1,"w":[{"t":"And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,"}]},{"v":2,"w":[{"t":"and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands."}]},{"v":3,"w":[{"t":"(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;"}]},{"v":4,"w":[{"t":"and [when they come] from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)"}]},{"v":5,"w":[{"t":"And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?"}]},{"v":6,"w":[{"t":"And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me."}]},{"v":7,"w":[{"t":"But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men."}]},{"v":8,"w":[{"t":"Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men."}]},{"v":9,"w":[{"t":"And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition."}]},{"v":10,"w":[{"t":"For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:"}]},{"v":11,"w":[{"t":"but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];"}]},{"v":12,"w":[{"t":"ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;"}]},{"v":13,"w":[{"t":"making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do."}]},{"v":14,"w":[{"t":"And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:"}]},{"v":15,"w":[{"t":"there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man."}]},{"v":16,"w":[{"t":"[If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.]"}]},{"v":17,"w":[{"t":"And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable."}]},{"v":18,"w":[{"t":"And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;"}]},{"v":19,"w":[{"t":"because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean."}]},{"v":20,"w":[{"t":"And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man."}]},{"v":21,"w":[{"t":"For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,"}]},{"v":22,"w":[{"t":"covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:"}]},{"v":23,"w":[{"t":"all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man."}]},{"v":24,"w":[{"t":"And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid."}]},{"v":25,"w":[{"t":"But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet."}]},{"v":26,"w":[{"t":"Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter."}]},{"v":27,"w":[{"t":"And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children`s bread and cast it to the dogs."}]},{"v":28,"w":[{"t":"But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children`s crumbs."}]},{"v":29,"w":[{"t":"And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter."}]},{"v":30,"w":[{"t":"And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out."}]},{"v":31,"w":[{"t":"And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis."}]},{"v":32,"w":[{"t":"And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him."}]},{"v":33,"w":[{"t":"And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;"}]},{"v":34,"w":[{"t":"and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened."}]},{"v":35,"w":[{"t":"And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain."}]},{"v":36,"w":[{"t":"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."}]},{"v":37,"w":[{"t":"And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."}]}]}