Gospel According to Mark (WEB)

7:1 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. ^7:2Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault. ^7:3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. ^7:4They don't 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, bronze vessels, and couches.) ^7:5The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

^7:6He answered 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.

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

^7:8"For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men -- the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things." ^7:9He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. ^7:10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' ^7:11But you say, 'If a man will tell his father or his mother, "Whatever you might have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"' ^7:12and you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, ^7:13making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

^7:14He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. ^7:15There 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. ^7:16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

^7:17When he had entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. ^7:18He said to them, "Are you so without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him, ^7:19because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his belly, and into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?" ^7:20He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. ^7:21For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, ^7:22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. ^7:23All these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man."

^7:24From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and wanted no one to know it, but he couldn't escape detection. ^7:25For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. ^7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. ^7:27But Jesus 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."

^7:28But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. For even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

^7:29He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."

^7:30She went away to her house, and found the child laying on the bed, with the demon gone out.

^7:31Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. ^7:32They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. ^7:33He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue. ^7:34Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" ^7:35Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke clearly. ^7:36He charged them that they should tell no one, but the more he charged them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it. ^7:37They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"