1 Now the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem were gathered aroundJesus.
2 When they saw some of his disciples eating bread with hands that were defiled (that is, unwashed), they criticized them.
3 (For none of the Pharisees or Jews eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they havewashed. There are also many other traditions they observe, such as the washing of cups,pots, copper vessels, and dining couches.)
5 Now the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, “Why do yoʋr disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread withunwashed hands?”
6 Heanswered them,
9 Then he said to them,
11 (that is, a gift devoted to God).
14 Then Jesus calledover the entire crowd and said to them,
17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into a house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 He said to them,
20 He also said,
24 Then Jesus rose from there and went away to the region of Tyreand Sidon. He went intoa house and did not want anyone to know it, yet he could not escape notice.
25 For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and came and fell at his feet.
26 (This woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth.) She asked Jesus to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said to her,
28 She answered him, “Yes, Lord,yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.”
29 Then he said to her,
30 And when she went to her house, she foundthe demon gone and her daughter lying in bed.
31 Then Jesus came back from the region of Tyre andSidon and went to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the Decapolis.
32 Some people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on the man.
33 So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd. Then he put his fingers into the man's ears, spit, and touched the man's tongue.
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him,(that is,).
35 Immediately the man's ears were opened, the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking clearly.
36 Then Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But as much as he ordered them not to do so, they proclaimed it all the more.
37 And they were completely astonished, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”